Summer Landscape
George Inness, American, 1825 - 1894
Geography:
Made in United States, North and Central America
Date:
1876Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
30 1/4 x 45 1/4 inches (76.8 x 114.9 cm) Framed: 45 1/2 x 60 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (115.6 x 153.7 x 14 cm)Curatorial Department:
American ArtObject Location:
E1924-3-9Credit Line:
The William L. Elkins Collection, 1924
Made in United States, North and Central America
Date:
1876Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
30 1/4 x 45 1/4 inches (76.8 x 114.9 cm) Framed: 45 1/2 x 60 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (115.6 x 153.7 x 14 cm)Curatorial Department:
American ArtObject Location:
* Gallery 111, American Art, first floor
Accession Number:E1924-3-9Credit Line:
The William L. Elkins Collection, 1924
Travel in Europe exposed Inness to the peaceful, contemplative style of Italian landscape painting. In this work he captures the poetry of everyday life by focusing attention on the solitary cowherd and his animals. The artist uses both distance and shadow to create the feeling that one is viewing this intimate scene from beneath the shade of a nearby tree.
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