The Gleaners, George Inness

Artwork Overview

George Inness, The Gleaners
George Inness, The Gleaners
George Inness
The Gleaners
1893
George Inness, artist
1825–1894
The Gleaners, 1893
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: oil; canvas
Dimensions:
Canvas/Support (Height x Width x Depth): 66 x 91.4 cm
Canvas/Support (Height x Width x Depth): 26 0.9843 x 36 0.9843 in
Credit line: William Bridges Thayer Memorial
Accession number: 1928.1999
Not on display
Add to portfolio

If you wish to reproduce this image, please submit an image request

Images

Label texts

Archive Label 2003: Inness embraced the philosophy that God and nature were one and that there was a connection between external and spiritual beauty. His interpretation of nature changed in the 1860s, when he began to incorporate feelings in his work. In The Gleaners, painted near the end of his life, he depends on emotions to enhance the aesthetic experience for the viewer. By the time The Gleaners was painted, Inness’s brushwork had become significantly looser than in his earlier works. The identities and actions of the figures are more difficult to define than the rich tonality of the brown-green mist in the fields and the shimmering-gold sunset glimpsed through the trees.

Resources

Links

VIEW a tour of Sally Casey Thayer’s collecting practices in Chicago on HistoryPin