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Monday
Jan212013

George Inness - A Tonalist

DateMonday, January 21, 2013 at 12:44PM

George Inness - Morning - 1878 - Oil on canvas, 76 x 114 cm - Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid (click photo for larger image)American painter George Inness (1825-1894) was one of the great Hudson River School painters, and also a great Tonalist. Tonalism was a painting style characterized by soft, misty light and shadows. It was inspired by many of the Barbizon School landscapes--and would later influence American Impressionism. George Inness was a master of the style.

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