George Inness, one of the most influential American landscape painters of the nineteenth century, was drawn throughout his career to the soft, mysterious effects of moonlight, and "The Moon at Night" reflects this fascination with nocturnal atmosphere rendered in his characteristic hazy, tonal brushwork. The painting exemplifies the moody, poetic quality of Inness's mature style, shaped by his Swedenborgian religious belief that the natural world, even in darkness, expressed unseen spiritual truth.
Printed with archival giclée inks on smooth, acid-free 220 gsm gallery-grade fine-art paper; available in multiple sizes.
