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Sunny Autumn Day

1892

George Inness

(American, 1825–1894)
Culture
America
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
Framed: 111.4 x 137.5 x 12.1 cm (43 7/8 x 54 1/8 x 4 3/4 in.); Unframed: 81 x 106 cm (31 7/8 x 41 3/4 in.); Former: 101 x 127 x 7.6 cm (39 3/4 x 50 x 3 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous Gift 1956.578
Public Domain
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Location
208 American Gilded Age and Realism
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Did You Know?

Inness died while viewing a sunset, proclaiming, "Oh, how beautiful!” and falling to the ground.

Description

Highly prolific, Inness created more than 1,000 works during a career lasting 50 years. Dated just two years before his death, Sunny Autumn Day epitomizes his late style in which the physical landscape is transformed into something akin to a spiritual apparition. Featuring blurred forms and atmospheric effects from translucent colors, this scene reflects Inness’s mystical view of the natural world.
An oil painting depicts a fuzzy landscape with yellow, red, and dark green trees against a dark blue sky spotted with white clouds in the upper half. In the lower half, the landscape is cast in a shadowed dark green, with only a tuft of yellow visible in the center. In a central gap between the trees, red-roofed and white walled buildings can be seen on the horizon.

Sunny Autumn Day

1892

George Inness

(American, 1825–1894)
America

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