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Georgia Pines
George Inness (born Newburgh, NY 1825-died Bridge of Allan, Scotland 1894)
1890
- Medium
- oil on wood
- Classification
- Paintings
- Dimensions
- 17 7/8 x 24 in. (45.3 x 61.0 cm.)
- Culture
- Georgia
- Museum
- Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of William T. Evans
- Rights
- CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Smithsonian Institution
About this work
George Inness was influenced by nineteenth-century French landscape painters, who emphasized quiet, intimate views of nature such as forest interiors or meadows. The clearing through the tall trees in this image invites us to join the group of figures, who are enjoying the shade of the forest. The rich colors and soft shapes evoke the muffled sounds created by a thick carpet of pine needles.
