Born in Newburgh, New York, in 1825, George Inness was raised in New York City and Newark, New Jersey. His early life was disrupted by severe illness, and he had as a result little formal academic or artistic education. In Newark, he studied with the itinerant painter John Jesse Barker, and in New York, probably in 1843, with the French-born landscape painter, Régis François Gignoux.
Inness visited Italy in 1850. In 1853 he visited France, where he studied French Barbizon landscape painting, admiring especially the work of the most radical of the Barbizon artists, Théodore Rousseau. This was, in the influence on his style, the most decisive experience of Inness' artistic life.
In the early 1860s Inness moved from New York to Medfield, Massachusetts. In 1864, he moved to Eagleswood, New Jersey. At Eagleswood he was introduced to the teaching of Emanuel Swedenborg. It became his religious faith, and determined, too, the increasingly allusive, expressive, and almost mystical character of his later art.
Inness visited Italy in 1850. In 1853 he visited France, where he studied French Barbizon landscape painting, admiring especially the work of the most radical of the Barbizon artists, Théodore Rousseau. This was, in the influence on his style, the most decisive experience of Inness' artistic life.
In the early 1860s Inness moved from New York to Medfield, Massachusetts. In 1864, he moved to Eagleswood, New Jersey. At Eagleswood he was introduced to the teaching of Emanuel Swedenborg. It became his religious faith, and determined, too, the increasingly allusive, expressive, and almost mystical character of his later art.
Inness lived in Italy from 1870 to 1874 and in France briefly in 1875, when he returned to America. In 1876 he settled in Montclair, New Jersey. He lived in Montclair for the rest of his life, but traveled widely, often for the sake of his health, to Niagara Falls, Virginia, California, and Tarpon Springs, Florida.
Sotheby's 2014
Sotheby's 2013
Sotheby's 2014
George Inness
IN A SHADY NOOK
LOT SOLD.
50,000
George Inness
Sotheby's 2013
George Inness
NORTH CONWAY
LOT SOLD.
13,750
George Inness
SUNRISE IN THE APPLE ORCHARD
LOT SOLD.
56,250
George Inness
LANDSCAPE AT SUNDOWN; THE CLOSE OF DAY (THE VETERAN'S RETURN)
LOT SOLD.
43,750
George Inness
COWS BY A STREAM
LOT SOLD.
6,250 
George Inness
1825-1894
1825-1894
A JUNE DAY
LOT SOLD.
305,000
George Inness
MOONLIGHT ON PASSAMAQUODDY BAY
LOT SOLD.
56,250 Christie's 2012
Christie’s 2009
