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Landscape

George Inness1888

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

During the later 19th century, when European artists were influencing American landscapists, George Inness looked to France for stylistic inspiration. After a trip to Europe in 1853 and 1854, which brought him into contact with contemporary French painters, Inness adopted a looser way of handling paint. By the 1880s he was interested in conveying the spiritual aspects of nature.

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  • Title: Landscape
  • Creator: George Inness (American, 1825-1894)
  • Date Created: 1888
  • Physical Dimensions: Framed: 79.5 x 92 x 6 cm (31 5/16 x 36 1/4 x 2 3/8 in.); Unframed: 56.2 x 70 cm (22 1/8 x 27 9/16 in.)
  • Provenance: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio Gift of the Estate of Charles F. Brush, Charles F. Brush [1849-1929], Cleveland, OH1
  • Type: Painting
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1929.464
  • Medium: oil on canvas
  • Inscriptions: signed lower right: G. Inness 1888
  • Department: American Painting and Sculpture
  • Culture: America, 19th century
  • Credit Line: Gift of the Estate of Charles F. Brush
  • Collection: American - Painting
  • Accession Number: 1929.464
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