1. Now recognized as one of the most influential American artists of the nineteenth century, Inness was influenced by the Hudson River School at the start of his career.
18 Facts About George Inness
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George Inness studied the Old Masters, and artists of the Barbizon school during later trips to Europe.
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George Inness worked to combine both the earthly and the ethereal in order to capture the complete essence of a locale in his works.
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George Inness was the fifth of thirteen children born to John William Inness, a farmer, and his wife, Clarissa Baldwin.
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George Inness's family moved to Newark, New Jersey when he was about five years of age.
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George Inness opened his first studio in New York in 1848.
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George Inness spent fifteen months in Rome, where he studied landscapes by French artists Claude Lorrain and Nicolas Poussin.
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George Inness rented a studio there above that of painter William Page, who likely introduced the artist to Swedenborgianism.
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George Inness returned to America with his wife on the SS Great Britain in May 1852.
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George Inness quickly became the leading American exponent of Barbizon-style painting, which he developed into a highly personal style.
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George Inness moved from New York City to Medfield, Massachusetts in 1860, where he converted a barn into a studio.
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In 1877 George Inness built a home and studio at Tarpon Springs, Florida.
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George Inness ignored the characteristic palm and painted what some considered the drab pine woods.
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In particular, George Inness was inspired by James's idea of consciousness as a "stream of thought", as well as his ideas concerning how mystical experience shapes one's perspective toward nature.
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George Inness was the subject of a major retrospective in 1884, organized by the American Art Association, which brought him acclaim in the United States.
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George Inness earned international fame when he received a gold medal at the 1889 Paris Exposition.
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George Inness died in 1894 at Bridge of Allan in Scotland.
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George Inness is buried in Montclair, New Jersey's Rosedale Cemetery, as is his namesake son.