Autumn Oaks
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| Artist | George Inness |
| Year | c. 1878 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 54.3 cm × 76.5 cm (21.4 in × 30.1 in) |
| Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City |
| Accession | 87.8.8 |
Autumn Oaks is a late 19th-century painting by American artist George Inness. Done in oil on canvas, the painting depicts a grove of oak trees in the American countryside. Inness painted Autumn Oaks almost immediately after his return from a four-year trip to Europe during which he painted many naturalistic works.[1] As opposed to some of his earlier works, Inness painted Autumn Oaks with a richer palette, and more focus on lighting and color contrasts as opposed to detail.[2]
Inness' painting was donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art by George I. Seney in 1887, and remains in the Met's collection.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Salinger, Margaretta M.; N.Y.), Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York (1986). Masterpieces of American Painting in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 978-0-87099-472-2.
- ^ Luhrs, Kathleen (1965). American paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 978-0-87099-439-5.
- ^ "Autumn Oaks". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
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