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THBGeorge Inness (American, 1825-1894)
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Cincinnati , OH 45232
United States
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- Lot Description
Spring
oil on canvas
signed G. Inness and dated 1856 l.r.
framed
19 x 29 in. (sight)
George Inness is regarded as a major figure of 19th century landscape painting in America. During the second half of the 1850s, Inness's work proved much less influenced by the European Old Masters than previous years, arguably putting forth a more original artistic vision and technique. At once influenced by, and appealing to, the artists of the Hudson River School, Inness excelled at rendering the atmosphere of a given locale, conveying depth through a deft use of light and shadow.
Spring depicts a herdsman and cattle scattered in a meadow bordered by trees, with a wide expanse of additional meadows and a seashore in the background. It is an important example of the artist's skillful manner, bridging and conjuring on the canvas a multiplicity of styles. His impressionist representation of the figure and cows works hand in hand with his rich depiction of the large tree dominating the work, the various shades of green, some brighter than the others, serving to emphasize its physicality and texture. Similarly, Spring displays a careful study of the clouds, materializing their form and volume.
Spring will be included in the forthcoming supplement to Michael Quick's catalogue raisonné of the works of George Inness.
Spring was previously listed and illustrated as no. 115 in Leroy Ireland's catalogue raisonné, The Works of George Inness, published in 1965, page 29.
Provenance and Exhibition history:
Mrs. Henry Walters, Baltimore, MarylandSale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York [Mrs. Henry Walters sale], April 20-May 2, 1941, no. 1213, described, illustrated; a marked copy of the catalogue records the purchaser as “Miss F. Delano,” possibly Laura Franklin Delano, daughter of Henry Walters’ sister Jennie Walters DelanoMargaret Elliot Hambleton Carey, daughter of Mrs. Henry Walters’ sister Mabel E. Green Elliott and cousin of Laura Franklin Delano, and George Gibson Carey, Jr.By descent in the family to George Gibson Carey IVThe painting hung for several years in the library of the Cincinnati University Club, after 1983Craquelure.Condition
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