George Inness

(American, 1825–1894)

Room Paintings holds 29 paintings by George Inness, from The Met, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago. They date from 1849 to 1893. We file most of them under Tonalism, and some under Romanticism and Post-Impressionism. The most common subjects are landscapes, skies and weather and forests and trees. 28 of them suit a room in our lists, most often the living room and bedroom.

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The 29 paintings

A heronǳ silhouette sits amongst the brush in a golden hued forest.

George Inness The Home of the Heron, 1893 Art Institute of Chicago

Early Morning, Tarpon Springs, George Inness, 1892, oil on canvas

George Inness Early Morning, Tarpon Springs, 1892 Art Institute of Chicago

The Old Mill, George Inness, 1849, oil on canvas

George Inness The Old Mill, 1849 Art Institute of Chicago

Approaching Storm from the Alban Hills, George Inness, 1871, oil on canvas

George Inness Approaching Storm from the Alban Hills, 1871 Cleveland Museum of Art

Landscape, George Inness, 1888, oil on canvas

George Inness Landscape, 1888 Cleveland Museum of Art

The Wheat Field, George Inness, c. 1875–77, oil on canvas

George Inness The Wheat Field, c. 1875–77 Cleveland Museum of Art

Autumn Meadows, George Inness, 1869, oil on canvas

George Inness Autumn Meadows, 1869 The Met

Delaware Water Gap, George Inness, 1861, oil on canvas

George Inness Delaware Water Gap, 1861 The Met

Evening at Medfield, Massachusetts, George Inness, 1875, oil on canvas

George Inness Evening at Medfield, Massachusetts, 1875 The Met

Peace and Plenty, George Inness, 1865, oil on canvas

George Inness Peace and Plenty, 1865 The Met

Pine Grove of the Barberini Villa, George Inness, 1876, oil on canvas

George Inness Pine Grove of the Barberini Villa, 1876 The Met

Spring Blossoms, Montclair, New Jersey, George Inness, ca. 1891, oil and crayon or charcoal on canvas

George Inness Spring Blossoms, Montclair, New Jersey, ca. 1891 The Met

Sunrise, George Inness, 1887, oil on canvas

George Inness Sunrise, 1887 The Met

This painting depicts a vast countryside from an elevated point of view. At the bottom of the painting is a wide brown and green field that appears to be growing wheat or a similar crop.

George Inness Harvest Scene in the Delaware Valley, 1867 National Gallery of Art

This painting depicts a rural landscape with a shepherdess tending to a flock of sheep on a tree-lined dirt path. She is facing away from us and wears a blue skirt with a white shirt and a white bonnet covering her hair.

George Inness Hillside at Étretat, 1876 National Gallery of Art

The painting displays a dark green field stretching into the distance. A line of trees and small, indistinct structures can be seen near the center of the painting.

George Inness Harvest Moon, 1891 National Gallery of Art

Landscape, George Inness, c. 1852, oil on canvas

George Inness Landscape, c. 1852 National Gallery of Art

We look across and down into a valley with a person sitting near a tall tree and a train puffing smoke beyond, all enclosed by a band of mountains in the distance in this horizontal landscape painting.

George Inness The Lackawanna Valley, c. 1856 National Gallery of Art

The painting depicts a view overlooking a valley with a river in the distance. The almost-cloudless sky is painted in shades of light blue with faint pink near the horizon.

George Inness View of the Tiber near Perugia, 1872-1874 National Gallery of Art

A Winter Sky, George Inness, 1866, oil on canvas

George Inness A Winter Sky, 1866 Cleveland Museum of Art

A shaft of warm light from our left pierces a dark wood filled with tall trees in this horizontal landscape painting. The light falls on a stout white trunk and a portion of the moss-green forest floor near the center of the composition.

George Inness Sunset in the Woods, 1891 National Gallery of Art

Across the Campagna, George Inness, 1872, watercolor, gouache, and graphite on off-white wove paper

George Inness Across the Campagna, 1872 The Met

Landscape, George Inness, 1884 or 1889, oil on canvas

George Inness Landscape, 1884 or 1889 The Met

Olive Trees at Tivoli, George Inness, 1873, gouache, watercolor, and graphite on blue wove paper with colored fibers

George Inness Olive Trees at Tivoli, 1873 The Met

This painting shows a green landscape from an elevated viewpoint. In the distance, light blue water meets a pale-yellow sky, and the sun casts a golden glow over the landscape.

George Inness Lake Albano, Sunset, c. 1874 National Gallery of Art

Harvest Time, George Inness, 1864, oil on canvas

George Inness Harvest Time, 1864 Cleveland Museum of Art

The Wood Chopper, George Inness, 1849, oil on canvas

George Inness The Wood Chopper, 1849 Cleveland Museum of Art

In the Woods, George Inness, 1866, oil on board

George Inness In the Woods, 1866 Cleveland Museum of Art

Sunny Autumn Day, George Inness, 1892, oil on canvas

George Inness Sunny Autumn Day, 1892 Cleveland Museum of Art