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拍品專文
Known for his Tonalist approach to landscape painting reminiscent of his father, George Inness, Jr. is best known for his Hudson River depictions. Late in his career, Inness shifted his focus to religious subjects. "His landscapes demonstrate a growing emphasis upon the spiritual, which he expressed through the illusion of light intended to inspire a transcendental, emotional response in the viewer." (J.B.Mattson, Florida State University, Athanor VIII, "George Inness, Jr.'s Art of the Spiritual: The Only Hope", 1989, p. 33)
The present work is accompanied by copies of the original May 1924 correspondence discussing Sol's Glory from the artist at his Chetolah studio in Cragsmoor, New York. In these letters Inness writes: "I hope it will please... I consider it one of my finest things...I have no real title for the picture but I have written a few lines in an attempt to describe what I wished to express: When Sol bursts forth and thrusts the clouds away, he smiles; and smiling, spreads a light that gladdens all the earth...To give you of my best was my object."
The present work is accompanied by copies of the original May 1924 correspondence discussing Sol's Glory from the artist at his Chetolah studio in Cragsmoor, New York. In these letters Inness writes: "I hope it will please... I consider it one of my finest things...I have no real title for the picture but I have written a few lines in an attempt to describe what I wished to express: When Sol bursts forth and thrusts the clouds away, he smiles; and smiling, spreads a light that gladdens all the earth...To give you of my best was my object."