Medium: Engraving
Artist: George Inness (American, 1825–1894)
Title: Nine O'Clock
Dimensions: 12" W x 14" H (frame)
Frame: 19th century Victorian frame with faux burl veneer, etched floral motif, stepped gilt interior trim
Signature: Signed and dated in the print
Condition: Engraving in excellent condition. Frame in very good condition with some wear consistent with age. Refer to photos for details.
Original engraving after George Inness, titled Nine O'Clock. The print is signed and dated within the image. Housed under glass in a 19th century Victorian frame featuring faux burl veneer with an etched floral motif and a stepped gilt interior trim. A new sawtooth hook was installed en verso for hanging. The engraving is in excellent condition. Plate marks are visible around the print itself. The frame is in very good condition with some wear consistent with age.
Artist Biography
George Inness (1825–1894) was one of the most influential American landscape painter of the late nineteenth century. Born in Newburgh, New York, on May 1, 1825, he was largely self-taught, receiving only brief instruction from the portrait painter John Jesse Barker and the landscape painter Régis François Gignoux before establishing himself as an independent artist.
Inness's early work was influenced by the Hudson River School and by his study of Claude Lorrain, but a trip to Europe in 1853 introduced him to the Barbizon school which had tremendous influence on his career. His late paintings, produced after his move to Montclair, New Jersey, in 1878, became progressively more abstract and atmospheric.
Inness believed that the purpose of art was "not to instruct, not to edify, but to awaken an emotion." At his death in 1894, he was one of America's most celebrated artists.
Museum Holdings:
Works by George Inness are held in the permanent collections of numerous major institutions, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), the Brooklyn Museum, the National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.), the Art Institute of Chicago, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Clark Art Institute, the Phillips Collection, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), the Montclair Art Museum, the Louvre (Paris), and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum (Madrid). The Montclair Art Museum houses the finest collection of Inness's work in the world, including the George Inness Gallery, which opened in 2001.
Medium: Engraving
Artist: George Inness (American, 1825–1894)
Title: Nine O'Clock
Dimensions: 12" W x 14" H (frame)
Frame: 19th century Victorian frame with faux burl veneer, etched floral motif, stepped gilt interior trim
Signature: Signed and dated in the print
Condition: Engraving in excellent condition. Frame in very good condition with some wear consistent with age. Refer to photos for details.
Original engraving after George Inness, titled Nine O'Clock. The print is signed and dated within the image. Housed under glass in a 19th century Victorian frame featuring faux burl veneer with an etched floral motif and a stepped gilt interior trim. A new sawtooth hook was installed en verso for hanging. The engraving is in excellent condition. Plate marks are visible around the print itself. The frame is in very good condition with some wear consistent with age.
Artist Biography
George Inness (1825–1894) was one of the most influential American landscape painter of the late nineteenth century. Born in Newburgh, New York, on May 1, 1825, he was largely self-taught, receiving only brief instruction from the portrait painter John Jesse Barker and the landscape painter Régis François Gignoux before establishing himself as an independent artist.
Inness's early work was influenced by the Hudson River School and by his study of Claude Lorrain, but a trip to Europe in 1853 introduced him to the Barbizon school which had tremendous influence on his career. His late paintings, produced after his move to Montclair, New Jersey, in 1878, became progressively more abstract and atmospheric.
Inness believed that the purpose of art was "not to instruct, not to edify, but to awaken an emotion." At his death in 1894, he was one of America's most celebrated artists.
Museum Holdings:
Works by George Inness are held in the permanent collections of numerous major institutions, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), the Brooklyn Museum, the National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.), the Art Institute of Chicago, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Clark Art Institute, the Phillips Collection, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), the Montclair Art Museum, the Louvre (Paris), and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum (Madrid). The Montclair Art Museum houses the finest collection of Inness's work in the world, including the George Inness Gallery, which opened in 2001.
