The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 6, 2023

Montclair, New Jersey

c. 1878

George Inness

(American, 1825–1894)

America, 19th century

Oil on canvas

Framed: 46.5 x 60.5 x 4 cm (18 5/16 x 23 13/16 x 1 9/16 in.); Unframed: 33.3 x 47.3 cm (13 1/8 x 18 5/8 in.)

Anonymous Gift, The Frank E. and Theano Wattles Case Memorial Collection 1955.670

Location

not on view

Description

During the later 19th century, when European artists were influencing American landscape painters, George Inness looked to France for stylistic inspiration. After a trip to Europe in 1853-54, during which he came into contact with contemporary French painters, Inness adopted a loose, painterly style. By the late 1870s, he was interested in conveying the intimate, mysterious aspects of nature.

This painting may depict a site near Monclair, New Jersey.

Inscriptions

Inscription

Signed lower right: "G. Inness"

Exhibition history

New York, Fifth Avenue Art Galleries, Inness Executor's Sale (11-13 February 1904), cat. no. 60 as Montclair, New Jersey, 1885.

Montclair, New Jersey, The Montclair Art Museum, George Inness of Montclair: An Exhibition of Paintings Chiefly from the Artist's Montclair Period: 1878-1894 (12 January-16 February 1964), illus. cat. no. 21 as Montclair, New Jersey, 1885.

George Inness of Montclair. Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ (organizer) (January 12-February 15, 1964).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1955.670