# Autumn Oaks

**George Inness** (American, 1825–1894)  
ca. 1878  
Oil on canvas  
20 3/8 x 30 1/8 in. (54.3 x 76.5 cm)

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 87.8.8. [The museum's record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/11227).

## About this work

George Inness painted this in about 1878, aged about 50. It is now at The Met in New York.

### How it was made

- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

### [George Inness](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/george-inness)

American, 1825–1894; born in Newburgh, New York; died in Bridge of Allan, Scotland

Inness was largely self-taught and began in the manner of the Hudson River School, but journeys to Italy and France, where he admired the Barbizon painters, led him towards broader, more atmospheric landscapes. In later life, influenced by the religious thought of Emanuel Swedenborg, he painted veiled, glowing scenes, many around his home at Montclair, New Jersey, in which form dissolves into light and mood. He died while travelling in Scotland.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: American
- The artist was about 50
- Real size: about 20 × 30 in (52 × 77 cm). The original is larger than our largest print, 11 × 14 in, so every print is a reduction.
- Century: 19th century
- Movement: [Realism](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/realism)
- Subjects: Cows, Landscapes, Autumn
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/835.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/835/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/autumn-oaks-met-11227).