Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00009487A Winter Sky
About the Artwork
In A Winter Sky, George Inness concentrated on depicting the effects of light and atmosphere. In this composition, the artist combined a vibrant, glowing sunset with a harsh, bleak landscape. Inness's color choice reinforces this contrast, as the warm pinks and yellows in the sky play off the cool blues of the frozen ground.
Inscriptions
signed lower left: Geo Inness 1866
Provenance
William H. Hurlbut (Sale: Leavitt Art Rooms, New York, 31 May 1883, cat. no. 46 as A Winter Sky); Charles Harkness, New York (1916)
Exhibition history
George Inness Retrospective. Paine Art Center and Gardens, Oshkosh, WI (organizer) (October 1-31, 1962). Luminous Landscape: The American Study of Light, 1860-1875. Fogg Art Museum/Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (organizer) (April 18-May 11, 1966). Visions of Landscape: East and West. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982). George Inness and the Visionary Landscape. National Academy of Design Museum and School of Fine Arts, New York, NY (organizer) (September 17-December 28, 2003); San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA (January 24-April 18, 2004). Julie Mehretu: Portals. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 16-November 13, 2022).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- George Inness (American, 1825–1894)
- Date
- 1866
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 82 x 102 x 11.5 cm (32 5/16 x 40 3/16 x 4 1/2 in.); Unframed: 56 x 77.5 cm (22 1/16 x 30 1/2 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- American Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- The Charles W. Harkness Gift
- Accession no.
- 1927.388
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