id: 134072
accession number: 1956.578
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Sunny Autumn Day, 1892. George Inness (American, 1825–1894). Oil on canvas; framed: 111.4 x 137.5 x 12.1 cm (43 7/8 x 54 1/8 x 4 3/4 in.); unframed: 81 x 106 cm (31 7/8 x 41 3/4 in.); former: 101 x 127 x 7.6 cm (39 3/4 x 50 x 3 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift 1956.578
title: Sunny Autumn Day
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creation date: 1892
creation date earliest: 1892
creation date latest: 1892
current location: 208 American Gilded Age and Realism
creditline: Anonymous Gift
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culture: America, 19th century
technique: oil on canvas
department: American Painting and Sculpture
collection: American - Painting
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* George Inness (American, 1825–1894) - artist
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measurements: Framed: 111.4 x 137.5 x 12.1 cm (43 7/8 x 54 1/8 x 4 3/4 in.); Unframed: 81 x 106 cm (31 7/8 x 41 3/4 in.); Former: 101 x 127 x 7.6 cm (39 3/4 x 50 x 3 in.)
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inscription: Signed lower left: "G. Inness 1892:
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: 200 Years of American Painting
opening date: 1964-04-01T05:00:00
200 Years of American Painting. Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO (organizer) (co-organizer) (April 1-May 31, 1964).
title: Heritage and Horizon: American Painting 1776 - 1976
opening date: 1976-03-07T05:00:00
Heritage and Horizon: American Painting 1776 - 1976. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY (organizer) (March 7-April 11, 1976); The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (May 2-June 13, 1976); The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH (July 4-August 15, 1976); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 8-October 10, 1976).
title: George Inness Landscapes: His Signature Years, 1884-1894
opening date: 1978-11-28T05:00:00
George Inness Landscapes: His Signature Years, 1884-1894. Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA (organizer) (November 28, 1978-January 28, 1979); Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA (February 10-April 15, 1979).
title: Visions of Landscape: East and West
opening date: 1982-02-17T05:00:00
Visions of Landscape: East and West. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982).
title: Paris 1900: The "American School" at the Universal Exposition
opening date: 1999-09-18T00:00:00
Paris 1900: The "American School" at the Universal Exposition. Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ (organizer) (September 18, 1999-January 16, 2000); Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Museum of American Art, Philadelphia, PA (February 11-April 16, 2000); Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH (May 18-August 13, 2000); Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, WI (September 16-December 3, 2000); Musée Carnavalet, Paris, France (February 20-April 29, 2001).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Chicago, World's Columbian Exposition, (1893); cat. no. 598, lent by Thomas B. Clarke, N.Y.
New York, Union League Club, Inness and Homer Exhibition (1898), cat. no. 2, lent by Thomas B. Clarke.
New York, American Art Galleries, Clarke Sale (14-17 February 1899), cat. no. 184.
Paris, Exposition Universelle Internationale de Paris of 1900 (15 April-12 November 1900), "The Annotated Catalogue of American Paintings, Paris Exposition of 1900" taken from Appendix B in Paris 1900: The "American School" at the Universal Exposition; A18/M771c.
St. Louis, St. Louis Universal Exposition (1904); did find Official: Illustrations of Selected Works in the Various National Sections of the Department of Art with Complete List of Awards by the International Jury.
Chicago, Moulton and Ricketts Galleries, Loan Exhibit: Inness, Wyant, Blakelock (March, 1913), illus. plate VI, cat. not numbered or paginated.
Buffalo, The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, The Eighth Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists (10 May-31 August 1913), cat. no. 61, illus. p. 58, listed p. 23.
New York, Macbeth Gallery, (January-April 1925), cat. no. 23, lent by Mrs. Chauncey J. Blair.
Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Inaugural Exhibition (6 June-20 September 1916), cat. no. 21, listed p. 128, not illus.
St. Louis, City Art Museum of St. Louis, 200 Years of American Painting (1 April-31 May 1964), cat. not numbered, illus. p. 28.
Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Heritage and Horizon: American Painting 1776-1976 (6 March-11 April 1976); traveled to Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts (5 may-3 June 1976); Toledo, The Toledo Museum of Art (4 July-15 August 1976); Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art (8 September-10 October 1976), illus. cat. no. 25.
Oakland, The Oakland Museum, George Inness Landscapes: His Signature Years 1884-1894 (28 November 1978-28 January 1979), cat. not numbered, but listed and illus. p. 59.
Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Visions of Landscape: East and West (17 February-21 March 1982)
Montclair, NJ, The Montclair Art Museum, Paris 1900: The "American School" at the Universal Exposition (18 September 1999-16 January 2000); Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (11 February-16 April 2000); Columbus, Columbus Art Museum (18 May-13 August 2000); Madison, WI, Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison (16 September-3 December 2000); Paris, Musée Carnavalet (2 February-15 May 2001); cat. no. 81, illus. p. 75.
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PROVENANCE
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
date: 1956-
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fun fact:
Inness died while viewing a sunset, proclaiming, "Oh, how beautiful!” and falling to the ground.
digital description:
Highly prolific, Inness created more than 1,000 works during a career lasting 50 years. Dated just two years before his death, Sunny Autumn Day epitomizes his late style in which the physical landscape is transformed into something akin to a spiritual apparition. Featuring blurred forms and atmospheric effects from translucent colors, this scene reflects Inness’s mystical view of the natural world.
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Highly prolific, Inness created more than 1,000 works during a career lasting 50 years. Dated just two years before his death, Sunny Autumn Day epitomizes his late style in which the physical landscape is transformed into something akin to a spiritual apparition. Featuring blurred forms and pronounced atmospheric effects from glowing translucent colors, this serene scene reflects Inness’s mystical view of the natural world. According to the artist, a work of art’s aim is “not to instruct, not to edify, but to awaken an emotion.”
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