Autumn Oaks

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Autumn Oaks
ArtistGeorge Inness
Yearc. 1878
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions54.3 cm × 76.5 cm (21.4 in × 30.1 in)
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
Accession87.8.8

Autumn Oaks is a late 19th-century painting by American artist George Inness. Done in oil on canvas, the painting depicts a grove of oak trees in the American countryside. Inness painted Autumn Oaks almost immediately after his return from a four-year trip to Europe during which he painted many naturalistic works.[1] As opposed to some of his earlier works, Inness painted Autumn Oaks with a richer palette, and more focus on lighting and color contrasts as opposed to detail.[2]

Inness' painting was donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art by George I. Seney in 1887, and remains in the Met's collection.[3]

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  3. ^ "Autumn Oaks". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2020-05-27.