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The Mill Pond  1889

by George Inness

A distinctive landscape painter of the 19th century, George Inness excelled at capturing the poetics and mood of his environs, finding spiritual resonances in nature, from its grand vistas to its quiet nooks. [i]The Mill Pond[/i] depicts a sylvan setting, in which a small figure rows a boat in the pond at middle distance. Brilliant pigments of orange, green, and blue elect...
Size: 
95.9 × 75.6 cm (37 3/4 × 29 3/4 in.)
Medium: 
Oil on canvas
Credit: 
Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago