# The Mill Pond

- By: George Inness (American, 1825–1894)
- Date: 1889
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: 95.9 × 75.6 cm (37 3/4 × 29 3/4 in.)
- Culture: United States
- Credit line: Edward B. Butler Collection
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/151108)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/dd3e2476defc0af453ed543a973728e6.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

A distinctive landscape painter of the 19th century, George Inness excelled at capturing the poetics and mood of his environs, finding spiritual resonances in nature, from its grand vistas to its quiet nooks. The Mill Pond depicts a sylvan setting, in which a small figure rows a boat in the pond at middle distance. Brilliant pigments of orange, green, and blue electrify an otherwise tranquil scene. Through color and atmosphere rather than line or detail, Inness communicated an intensity of vision, fueled by an individual encounter with nature.

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