Early Morning, Tarpon Springs
George Inness (American, 1825–1894)
1892
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Classification
- Painting
- Dimensions
- 107.2 × 82.2 cm (42 3/16 × 32 3/8 in.)
- Culture
- United States
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of the Americas
- Credit line
- Edward B. Butler Collection
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
The light and landscape of Florida inspired George Inness’s Early Morning, Tarpon Springs. Amid the pale pinks and blues of sunrise, a miniscule figure stands in a grove of trees, harmonizing with the surrounding landscape. The color of his pants mirrors that of the tree trunks, and his red hat suggests a luminous, low sun. Believing that objects in the natural world were suffused with spiritual meaning, Inness incorporated the tenets of Swedenborgian Christianity into his work. Landscape painting, in turn, became a site for contemplation and religious experience.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
