Sunset, c. 1881-82, oil en grisaille on academy board, 13-7/8” x 10-3/8”  Period c. 1900 American frame, patinated silver leaf on composition ornament on wood; molding width: 3-1/8”   

EXHIBITION: George Inness: Visionary Landscapes–NEW WORKS AND NATIVE VIEWS

MAY 18, 2025 - ONGOING

“This salon-style reinstallation features 19 works by celebrated American landscape artist George Inness (1825–1894). Every important period of Inness’s career is represented, from his earliest, more realist work of the 1840s, rooted in European landscape conventions, to the artist’s final, more abstract expressions of his belief in the total unity of material and spiritual existence.

To celebrate the bicentennial of Inness’s birth on May 1, 1825, the east wall of the gallery will be newly installed with three paintings, including A Cloudy Day, Milton (ca. 1877–1880), on loan from MAM trustee Lisa Amato and her husband, Joseph. A recent donation, Coast of Cornwall (ca. 1887–1894), and a loaned work, Sunset (1888), both from Frank and Katherine Martucci will also be on view.

Furthermore, the new installation includes video interviews for three familiar works featuring Native artists and scholars G. Peter Jemison (Seneca Nation, Heron Clan), Nathan Young (Delaware Tribe of Indians, Pawnee, Kiowa), and Betsy Richards (Cherokee Nation). They will discuss these Native places from the perspectives of displacement and dwelling, history and power, and stewardship and spirit, as well as Inness as an artist and his influence.”

—Gail Stavitsky, Chief Curator
—Laura J. Allen, Curator of Native American Art