Detail View: The AMICA Library: The Home of the Heron
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AMICA ID:
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AIC_.1911.31
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AMICA Library Year:
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1998
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Object Type:
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Paintings
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Creator Name:
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Inness, George
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Creator Nationality:
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North American; American
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Creator Dates/Places:
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American; 1825-1894 North and Central America,North America,United Sta
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Creator Name-CRT:
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George Inness
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Title:
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The Home of the Heron
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Title Type:
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preferred
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View:
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full view
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Creation Date:
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1893
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Creation Start Date:
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1893
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Creation End Date:
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1893
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Materials and Techniques:
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Oil on canvas
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Creation Place:
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North and Central America,North America,United States,Florida
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Dimensions:
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unframed:76.2 x 115.2 cm (30 x 45 in.)framed: 100 x 138.1 cm (39 3/8 x 54 3/8 in.)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Art Institute of Chicago
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Owner Location:
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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ID Number:
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1911.31
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Credit Line:
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Edward B. Butler Collection
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Inscriptions:
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Signed, lower right: "G. Inness 1893"
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Rights:
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Context:
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During the final years of his life, George Inness and his family spent their winters in Tarpon Springs on the Gulf Coast of Florida. Although his health was failing, Inness continued to paint in Florida and produced some of his most subtle, evocative work there. The Home of the Heron was inspired by the marshy landscape and seemingly endless sunsets of the South. Influenced by eighteenth-century theologian Emmanuel Swedenborg's philosophy, Inness's spiritual beliefs are the guiding force of his work. In this painting, the artist adopted modes of abstraction to convey spiritual associations and to capture the otherworldliness of the marsh at sunset.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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AIC_.E26321.TIF
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