The Lackawanna Valley

The Lackawanna Valley This is one of George Inness's earliest pieces, produced while he was still a struggling young artist for the first president of the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad. Oil on canvas.

Location. 86 × 127.5 cm.

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Inness was paid $75 for the composition, which includes a mixture of pastoral and industrial elements. The Lackawanna Valley, ca. In George Inness His early works such as The Lackawanna Valley (1855) reflect the influence of Asher B. Durand and Thomas Cole, painters of the Hudson River school. The lower reaches of the river flow through the urban areas of Scranton, which grew around its banks in the 19th century as an industr… The Lackawanna Valley is a c. 1855 painting by the American artist George Inness.

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National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. It starts in north Wayne County, Pennsylvania and ends in east Luzerne County, Pennsylvania in Duryea, Pennsylvania. It flows through a region of the northern Pocono Mountains that was once a center of anthracite coal mining in the United States. While documenting the achievements of the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad, Inness has also created a topographically convincing view of Scranton, Pennsylvania. It is in the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Permanent collection. From about 1855 to 1874 Inness ascended to the height of his powers with works such as the Delaware Water Gap … Painted in oil on canvas, it is one of Inness' most well-known works. The Lackawanna Valley is a c. 1855 painting by the American artist George Inness.

The artist took relatively few liberties with … Painted in oil on canvas it is one of Inness’s best and most well-known works. It is in the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.

Rather than celebrating nature in the tradition of the Hudson River School, George Inness' Lackawanna Valley seems to commemorate the onset of America's industrial age. Washington. 33 7/8 × 50 3/16 in.