# Georgia Pines

- By: George Inness (born Newburgh, NY 1825-died Bridge of Allan, Scotland 1894)
- Date: 1890
- Medium: oil on wood
- Classification: Paintings
- Dimensions: 17 7/8 x 24 in. (45.3 x 61.0 cm.)
- Culture: Georgia
- Credit line: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of William T. Evans
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=11096)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/56c887f6f2be73321cf96e8a302ef7e5.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.