Under the Greenwood

Artist George Inness American, 1825–1894

Date1881

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions36 1/8 x 29 1/8 in. (91.8 x 74 cm)
Frame: 46 1/4 x 39 1/4 in. (117.5 x 99.7 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina

Object number52.9.17

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On view

Provenance**Created United States, 1881; collection of the artist; sold to T. J. Briggs, New York, 1882; [M. Knoedler & Co., New York, January 1913]; [Vose Galleries, Boston, 1913, inv. no. 3372]; William K. Bixby (1857–1931), St. Louis, May 12, 1913. [John Levy Galleries, New York][1]; sold to NCMA, 1952.

[1] Levy Galleries inventory no. 26811.
Published References57th Annual Exhibition Notes (New York: National Academy of Design, 1882), no. 298, illus. with drawing by James D. Smillie.

"Inness," in Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography (New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1887), Vol. 3, 353-354, noted 354.

"George Inness," Masters in Art, Vol. 9 (Boston, 1908) 234-254, lists Under the Greenwood on p. 254.

A Collection of Works Owned in St. Louis and Lent to the Museum (exhibition catalogue) (St. Louis: City Art Museum, 1913), no. 35, discussed 61, illus. (b-w).

George Inness, Jr. Life, Art, and Letters of George Inness (New York: Century Co., 1917), discussed 284-288, illus. (b-w) 285.

The American Tradition, 1800-1900 (exhibition catalogue) (New York: National Academy of Design, 1951), no. 78.

W. R. Valentiner, Catalogue of Paintings: Including Three Sets of Tapestries (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1956), no. 20.

"Milestone for American Art Collections," Think 22 (June 1956), 18-19, illus. (b-w).

The Paintings of George Inness (1844-94) (exhibition catalogue) (Austin: University Art Museum of The University of Texas, 1965), no. 81, illus. (b-w).

LeRoy Ireland, The Works of George Inness (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1965), no. 968, illus. (b-w).

American Paintings to 1900: Catalogue of Paintings, Vol. 1, 2nd ed. (Raleigh:North Carolina Museum of Art, 1966), no. 32, illus. (b-w).

Charles W. Stanford, Jr., Selections from British and American Painting and Sculpture (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1967), no. 26, illus. (b-w).

Nina Kasanof, "American Landscapes of the 19th Century in the North Carolina Museum of Art," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 8, no. 4 (June 1969), 2-15, discussed 10-11, illus. (b-w) fig. 12.

American Paintings from the Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art (brochure) (Charlotte: Mint Museum of Art, 1975), no. 21.

George Inness: In Florida 1890-1894 and the South 1884-1894 (exhibition catalogue) (Jacksonville: Cummer Gallery of Art, 1980), no. 48, illus. (b-w).

Edgar Peters Bowron, ed., Introduction to the Collections (Chapel Hill: published for the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, by The University of North Carolina Press, 1983), illus. (b-w) 249.

Introduction to the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1992), illus. (color) 239.

Clyde Edgerton, "A Response," in The Store of Joys, Huston Paschal, ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1997), 72-75, illus. (color) 72.

John W. Coffey, entry for Under the Greenwood, in North Carolina Museum of Art Handbook: of the Collections, Rebecca Martin Nagy, ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1998), 205, illus. (color).

Art Taylor, "Flora, Fauna and Fine Art," North Carolina Museum of Art Preview and Calendar of Events (Sept/Oct 2001), mentioned 13.

M. Therese Southgate, "The Cover," JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association 287 (May 22/29, 2002), discussed 2619, illus. (color) 2619 and cover.

Michael Quick, George Inness: A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. 2 (New Brunswick, NJ, and London: Rutgers University Press, 2007), cat. no. 746, illus. (b-w) 82 and (color) pl. 150.

John W. Coffey, entry for Under the Greenwood, in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2010), 426, illus. (color) 427.
Exhibition HistoryNew York, NY, National Academy of Design, "57th Annual Exhibition," 1882, no. 298 (listed price $1000.00).

New York, NY, American Art Association, "Special Exhibition of the Works of George Inness," April 4, 1884, no. 47 (lent by T. J. Briggs).

St. Louis, MO, City Art Museum, "Exhibition of Paintings Owned in St. Louis and Lent to the Museum," July-November 1913, no. 35, illus. (b-w) (lent by William K. Bixby).

New York, NY, National Academy of Design, "The American Tradition, 1800-1900," December 3-16, 1951, no. 78, illus. (b-w) (lent by John Levy Galleries, Inc.).

Austin, TX, University of Texas, University Art Museum, "The Paintings of George Inness (1844-1894)," December 12, 1965-January 30, 1966, no. 81, illus. (b-w).

Charlotte, NC, Mint Museum of Art, "American Paintings from the Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art," September 7-October 19, 1975, no. 21.

Fayetteville, NC, Fayetteville Museum of Art, "Inaugural Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture from the Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art," May 1-30, 1978.

Jacksonville, FL, Cummer Gallery of Art, "George Inness in Florida, 1890-1894, and the South 1884-1894," April 11-May 25, 1980, no. 48, illus. (b-w).

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, Highlights of the American Collection, February 15–August 2, 2009.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present. Object Rights Statement

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