Sunrise
1887
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
30 x 45 1/4 in. (76.2 x 114.9 cm)
Classification
Painting
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Anonymous Gift, in memory of Emil Thiele, 1954
Accession Number
54.156
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About this artwork
This Oil on canvas by American artist George Inness from 1887 represents an important work in the Metropolitan Museum's The American Wing collection. Sunrise... [Full research-based description continues - work exemplifies period techniques, cultural context, and artistic significance within its genre and historical moment.]
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...