id: 109249 accession number: 1927.396 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1927.396 updated: 2023-08-29 11:33:47.670000 Approaching Storm from the Alban Hills, 1871. George Inness (American, 1825–1894). Oil on canvas; unframed: 73.8 x 113 cm (29 1/16 x 44 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph M. Coe 1927.396 title: Approaching Storm from the Alban Hills title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1871 creation date earliest: 1871 creation date latest: 1871 current location: creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph M. Coe copyright: --- culture: America, 19th century technique: oil on canvas department: American Painting and Sculpture collection: American - Painting type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * George Inness (American, 1825–1894) - artist --- measurements: Unframed: 73.8 x 113 cm (29 1/16 x 44 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: signed lower right: [G. Inness] Rome 1871 G. Inness [first signature effaced] translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Exhibition of American Painting from 1860 Until Today opening date: 1937-06-23T04:00:00 Exhibition of American Painting from 1860 Until Today. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-October 4, 1937). title: The Silver Jubilee Exhibition opening date: 1941-06-23T04:00:00 The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941). title: 35th Anniversary Exhibition opening date: 1951-06-20T04:00:00 35th Anniversary Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-September 30, 1951). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Cleveland, Kinney & Levan Building, Cleveland Art Loan Exposition (25 November-17 December 1913), under the auspices of the Cleveland School of Art, cat. no. 81A as Italian Landscape.
Buffalo, Buffalo Fine Arts Gallery, George Inness Centennial Exhibition, (30 October-13 November 1925), cat. no. 17 as The Alban Hills.
Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, An Exhibition of American Painting from 1860 Until Today at The Cleveland Museum of Art (23 June-4 October 1937), cat. no. 98, listed p. 27, not. illus.
Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, French and American Painting of the Nineteenth Century (28 April-1 June 1938), cat. no. 14, not illus.
Akron, Akron Art Institute, 40 American Painters: A Survey of American Painting from Colonial to Modern Times, for the Opening of the Institute (December, 1945), cat. no. 11, not illus. --- PROVENANCE Ralph M. Coe, Cleveland (1913-1927). date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Inness began his career executing detailed, realistic landscapes in a style similar to other artists of the Hudson River School. As he developed, his work became increasingly free, mystical, and expansive. Perhaps the most important phase of Inness's career was a sojourn in France and Italy from 1870 to 1874, during which he cast aside the tightness of his early style and executed some of his most beautiful works. This panoramic landscape of a storm approaching the Alban Hills, near Rome, shows Inness at his best. His grasp of the way light fitfully pierces the clouds made every form in the painting mysterious and fascinating, and his skillful handling of color conveys the impression of a vast distance. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 536 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n99 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 186 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n210 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 186 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n210 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 230 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n250 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1927.396/1927.396_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1927.396/1927.396_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1927.396/1927.396_full.tif