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George Inness
1825-1894
George Inness Galleries
George Inness (May 1, 1825 -August 3, 1894), was an American landscape painter; born in Newburgh, New York; died at Bridge of Allan in Scotland. His work was influenced, in turn, by that of the old masters, the Hudson River school, the Barbizon school, and, finally, by the theology of Emanuel Swedenborg, whose spiritualism found vivid expression in the work of Inness' maturity. He is best known for these mature works that helped define the Tonalist movement.
Inness was the fifth of thirteen children born to John Williams Inness, a farmer, and his wife, Clarissa Baldwin. His family moved to Newark, New Jersey when he was about five years of age. In 1839 he studied for several months with an itinerant painter, John Jesse Barker. In his teens, Inness worked as a map engraver in New York City. During this time he attracted the attention of French landscape painter Regis François Gignoux, with whom he subsequently studied. Throughout the mid-1840s he also attended classes at the National Academy of Design, and studied the work of Hudson River School artists Thomas Cole and Asher Durand; "If", Inness later recalled thinking, "these two can be combined, I will try."
Concurrent with these studies Inness opened his first studio in New York. In 1849 Inness married Delia Miller, who died a few months later. The next year he married Elizabeth Abigail Hart, with whom he would have six children.
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Painting ID:: 80958
Pines and Olives at Albano
oil on canvas painting by George Inness, 1873, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Date 1873(1873)
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Painting ID:: 80959
Near Perugia
oil on canvas painting by George Inness, 1879, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Date 1879(1879)
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Painting ID:: 81222
Across the Hudson Valley in the Foothills of the Catskills
Across the Hudson Valley in the Foothills of the Catskills, oil on canvas, 15x26 inches
Date 1868(1868)
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Painting ID:: 85259
Across the Hudson Valley in the Foothills of the Catskills
oil on canvas, 15x26 inches
Date 1868(1868)
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Painting ID:: 87367
Shower on the Delaware River
Date 1891(1891)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 30.25 x 45.125 in (76.8 x 114.6 cm)
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George Inness
1825-1894
George Inness Galleries
George Inness (May 1, 1825 -August 3, 1894), was an American landscape painter; born in Newburgh, New York; died at Bridge of Allan in Scotland. His work was influenced, in turn, by that of the old masters, the Hudson River school, the Barbizon school, and, finally, by the theology of Emanuel Swedenborg, whose spiritualism found vivid expression in the work of Inness' maturity. He is best known for these mature works that helped define the Tonalist movement.
Inness was the fifth of thirteen children born to John Williams Inness, a farmer, and his wife, Clarissa Baldwin. His family moved to Newark, New Jersey when he was about five years of age. In 1839 he studied for several months with an itinerant painter, John Jesse Barker. In his teens, Inness worked as a map engraver in New York City. During this time he attracted the attention of French landscape painter Regis François Gignoux, with whom he subsequently studied. Throughout the mid-1840s he also attended classes at the National Academy of Design, and studied the work of Hudson River School artists Thomas Cole and Asher Durand; "If", Inness later recalled thinking, "these two can be combined, I will try."
Concurrent with these studies Inness opened his first studio in New York. In 1849 Inness married Delia Miller, who died a few months later. The next year he married Elizabeth Abigail Hart, with whom he would have six children.
. Related Artists to George Inness: | william a.thornbery | Gunnar Berg | Ranney William Tylee | MAZZOLA BEDOLI, Girolamo | Herring, John F. Sr. |
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