GEORGE INNESS and the San Francisco art world in the 1890s.(painter)
From: The Magazine Antiques
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Date: 11/1/2000
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Author: HARRISON JR., ALFRED C.
George Inness (Fig. 1) was a leading American landscape painter whose volatile personality caused him difficulties even as it made him seem "artistic" to observers of the American cultural scene in the late nineteenth century. [1] He was at one moment a generous supporter of his fellow artists and at an another an egotist with a patronizing attitude toward those of lesser reputation. He was intimately involved with marketing his paintings but was quick to spurn lucrative deals when ...
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