Sunny Autumn Day
1892
George Inness
George Inness (American, 1825–1894)
American Painting and Sculpture
Sunny Autumn Day, 1892. George Inness (American, 1825–1894). Oil on canvas; framed: 111.4 x 137.5 x 12.1 cm (43 7/8 x 54 1/8 x 4 3/4 in.); unframed: 81 x 106 cm (31 7/8 x 41 3/4 in.); former: 101 x 127 x 7.6 cm (39 3/4 x 50 x 3 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift 1956.578 Highly prolific, Inness created more than 1,000 works during a career lasting 50 years. Dated just two years before his death, Sunny Autumn Day epitomizes his late style in which the physical landscape is transformed into something akin to a spiritual apparition. Featuring blurred forms and atmospheric effects from translucent colors, this scene reflects Inness’s mystical view of the natural world. Inness died while viewing a sunset, proclaiming, "Oh, how beautiful!” and falling to the ground.
- Maker/Artist
- Inness, George, Sr.
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 111.4 x 137.5 x 12.1 cm (43 7/8 x 54 1/8 x 4 3/4 in.); Unframed: 81 x 106 cm (31 7/8 x 41 3/4 in.); Former: 101 x 127 x 7.6 cm (39 3/4 x 50 x 3 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Signed lower left: "G. Inness 1892:
- Departments
- American Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1956.578
- Credit Line
- Anonymous Gift
- Exhibitions
- 200 Years of American Painting, Heritage and Horizon: American Painting 1776 - 1976, George Inness Landscapes: His Signature Years, 1884-1894, Visions of Landscape: East and West, Paris 1900: The "American School" at the Universal Exposition, Chicago, World's Columbian Exposition, (1893); cat. no. 598, lent by Thomas B. Clarke, N.Y. <br>New York, Union League Club, Inness and Homer Exhibition (1898), cat. no. 2, lent by Thomas B. Clarke.<br>New York, American Art Galleries, Clarke Sale (14-17 February 1899), cat. no. 184.<br>Paris, Exposition Universelle Internationale de Paris of 1900 (15 April-12 November 1900), "The Annotated Catalogue of American Paintings, Paris Exposition of 1900" taken from Appendix B in Paris 1900: The "American School" at the Universal Exposition; A18/M771c.<br>St. Louis, St. Louis Universal Exposition (1904); did find Official: Illustrations of Selected Works in the Various National Sections of the Department of Art with Complete List of Awards by the International Jury.<br>Chicago, Moulton and Ricketts Galleries, Loan Exhibit: Inness, Wyant, Blakelock (March, 1913), illus. plate VI, cat. not numbered or paginated. <br>Buffalo, The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, The Eighth Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists (10 May-31 August 1913), cat. no. 61, illus. p. 58, listed p. 23. <br>New York, Macbeth Gallery, (January-April 1925), cat. no. 23, lent by Mrs. Chauncey J. Blair. <br>Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Inaugural Exhibition (6 June-20 September 1916), cat. no. 21, listed p. 128, not illus. <br>St. Louis, City Art Museum of St. Louis, 200 Years of American Painting (1 April-31 May 1964), cat. not numbered, illus. p. 28. <br>Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Heritage and Horizon: American Painting 1776-1976 (6 March-11 April 1976); traveled to Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts (5 may-3 June 1976); Toledo, The Toledo Museum of Art (4 July-15 August 1976); Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art (8 September-10 October 1976), illus. cat. no. 25. <br>Oakland, The Oakland Museum, George Inness Landscapes: His Signature Years 1884-1894 (28 November 1978-28 January 1979), cat. not numbered, but listed and illus. p. 59. <br>Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Visions of Landscape: East and West (17 February-21 March 1982) <br>Montclair, NJ, The Montclair Art Museum, Paris 1900: The "American School" at the Universal Exposition (18 September 1999-16 January 2000); Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (11 February-16 April 2000); Columbus, Columbus Art Museum (18 May-13 August 2000); Madison, WI, Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison (16 September-3 December 2000); Paris, Musée Carnavalet (2 February-15 May 2001); cat. no. 81, illus. p. 75.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 208 American Gilded Age and Realism
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