View on Lake Nemi
Artist:
George Inness
(American, 1825 - 1894)
Date: 1871
Place made:Rome, Italy, Europe
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
20 x 30 in. (50.8 x 76.2 cm)
Credit Line: Given in memory of William A. Remy by his family
Object number: 96.3
Signed: Signed lower right: G. Inness Rome 1871
Provenance: Possibly with Doll & Richards, Boston (possibly sale, Doll & Richards, Leonard & Co., Auctioneers, Boston, Third Special Sale: George Inness Paintings, December 13, 1876, no. 17); R.G. Otis, Colorado Springs, Colorado, then his estate, to 1952; Henry B. Dielmann, San Antonio, Texas, 1952; William E. Remy, San Antonio, Texas, 1974; San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, 1996
Label Text
This view of a hill town overlooking Lake Nemi, about nineteen miles south of Rome, devotes equal attention to the atmospheric surface of the water at left and the sun-bleached houses on the rocky, partially wooded bluffs at right. The landscape artist George Inness drew great inspiration from Italy. From 1870-1875, he enjoyed an extended residency there, sketching and painting the countryside and ruins that inspired him.
Throughout his long career, Inness responded strongly to the locations where he worked, both in Europe and in America, paying close attention to the effects of light, shadow and the environment to suggest not only the physical characteristics of a place, but his emotional response to it, as well.
(William Keyse Rudolph, 2014)
Throughout his long career, Inness responded strongly to the locations where he worked, both in Europe and in America, paying close attention to the effects of light, shadow and the environment to suggest not only the physical characteristics of a place, but his emotional response to it, as well.
(William Keyse Rudolph, 2014)
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