Autumn Oaks

Autumn Oaks
Autumn Oaks
Artist	George Inness
Year	c. 1878
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	54.3 cm × 76.5 cm (21.4 in × 30.1 in)
Location	Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
Accession	87.8.8

Autumn Oaks is a late 19th-century painting by American artist George Inness. Done in oil on canvas, the painting depicts a grove of oak trees in the American countryside. Inness painted Autumn Oaks almost immediately after his return from a four-year trip to Europe during which he painted many naturalistic works.^[1] As opposed to some of his earlier works, Inness painted Autumn Oaks with a richer palette, and more focus on lighting and color contrasts as opposed to detail.^[2]

Inness' painting was donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art by George I. Seney in 1887, and remains in the Met's collection.^[3]

References

^ Salinger, Margaretta M.; N.Y.), Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York (1986). Masterpieces of American Painting in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 978-0-87099-472-2.
^ Luhrs, Kathleen (1965). American paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 978-0-87099-439-5.
^ "Autumn Oaks". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2020-05-27.

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[1] Salinger, Margaretta M.; N.Y.), Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York (1986). Masterpieces of American Painting in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 978-0-87099-472-2.

[2] Luhrs, Kathleen (1965). American paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 978-0-87099-439-5.

[3] "Autumn Oaks". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2020-05-27.

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