Art Institute of Chicago
Early Morning, Tarpon Springs
George Inness (American, 1825–1894)LinkedCulture matchlcp-79d923017482
- Date
- 1892
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Culture
- United States
- Department
- Arts of the Americas
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 64729
The light and landscape of Florida inspired George Inness’s Early Morning, Tarpon Springs . Amid the pale pinks and blues of sunrise, a miniscule figure stands in a grove of trees, harmonizing with the surrounding landscape. The color of his pants mirrors that of the tree trunks, and his red hat suggests a luminous, low sun. Believing that objects in the natural world were suffused with spiritual meaning, Inness incorporated the tenets of Swedenborgian Christianity into his work. Landscape painting, in turn, became a site for contemplation and religious experience.
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- Credit line
- Edward B. Butler Collection
- Provenance
- Reinhardt Galleries, Chicago, 1911; sold to Edward B. Butler, Chicago, 1911; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1911.
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- Object type
- AAT300033618
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