Pine Grove of the Barberini Villa
1876
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
78 3/4 x 118 1/2 in. (200 x 301 cm)
Classification
Painting
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Lyman G. Bloomingdale, 1898
Accession Number
98.16
Tags
Art Historical Context
George Inness's *Pine Grove of the Barber Villa* (1876) is a monumental oil on canvas, measuring an impressive 78¾ × 118½ inches, capturing the luminous beauty of a pine-shaded grove likely inspired by the artist's travels in Italy. Donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 8 by Lyman G.ingdale, this expansive landscape now graces The American Wing, celebrating Inness's pivotal role in 19th-century American artA master of Tonalism, Inness moved beyond the detailed realism of the Hudson River School toward softer, atmospheric effects, blending Barbizon influences with a spiritual mysticism d...
About the Artist
George Inness · 1825–1894
George Inness (1825–1894) was an American landscape painter regarded as one of the most important figures in nineteenth-century American art, bridging the Hudson River School tradition and a more personal, spiritually-inflected vision of nature. Born near Newburgh, New York, he received limited formal training, studying briefly with Régis François Gignoux, but was largely self-taught, developing h...