George Inness is a famous American painter from the art movements of tonalism and Inness produced many great landscape paintings, for which he is best known. Inness chose to develop his skills and philosophies on art by travelling and living in France at various stages in his career. Inness was later to become the leading American painter in Barbizon-style techniques due to this careful study and willingness to learn new ideas about landscape art, which was still developing throughout the 19th century.
Famous George Inness paintings included Lackawanna Valley, Lake Albano, Pool in the Woods, Old Elm at Medfield, Sunset on the Passaic, In the Roman Campagna, Summer Landscape and Early Morning Tarpon Springs. During his career Inness painted many hundreds of works, but always stuck closely to his preferred use of landscapes.
In conclusion, George Inness is an artist who left a great mark on the art movement of tonalism and also helped developed the legacy of the Hudson River School into new directions. Inness greatest contribution is the acceptance and discussion that he encouraged around the link between the artist's spiritual side and the paintings that they would create. This explains why Inness chose to return to solely landscaped paintings without influence from modern inventions. This purity of his subjects and passion for his art form is why many art lovers continue to buy Inness paintings as handmade reproductions across America and Europe as his legacy lives on. Inness sits alongside the likes of Bierstadt, Cole and Church in their great contributions to North American art on the 19th century.
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