Medway, Massachusetts

Artist: George Inness, American, 1825–1894
Date: 1869
Material: Oil on canvas
depicts: Medway, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
made in: Medway, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
Classification: Paintings
Collection: American Art
Current Location: On View, Gallery 336
Dimensions: 20 1/4 x 30 1/4 in. (51.4 x 76.8 cm)
framed: 31 1/4 x 41 in. (79.4 x 104.1 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Winifred Roehm Hirsch
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 62:1997

NOTES

Floating clouds and warm light on the elm trees set the expressive tone in this sweeping landscape. Its regular horizontal bands of meadows, trees, hills, and sky further evoke a sense of calm serenity. Though George Inness was self-taught, he made several trips to Italy and France in the 1850s, where he encountered European styles of painting. He adopted a poetic approach in order to convey the relationship of his religious and metaphysical beliefs and nature.

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