Spring Blossoms, Montclair, New Jersey Explained

Spring Blossoms, Montclair, New Jersey
Artist:George Inness
Year: 1891
Material:Oil and crayon on canvas
Height Metric:73.7
Width Metric:114.9
City:New York City
Museum:Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession:11.116.4

Spring Blossoms, Montclair, New Jersey is a late 19th-century painting by Scottish-American artist George Inness. The work is currently in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Done in oil and crayon (charcoal was also possibly used[1]), the painting depicts Montclair, New Jersey in springtime. The style of Springtime is similar to paintings of the Hudson River School, by which Inness was influenced.

The work is on view in the Metropolitan Museum's Gallery 770.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/11234. www.metmuseum.org. 2018-09-17.