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Niagara Falls
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About this work
Niagara Falls is one of the most frequently painted and photographed landscapes in the United States. George Inness produced seven oil paintings of the falls during the 1880s and 1890s, more than he made of any other area at that time. By 1895, the area around Niagara Falls had become commercialized with many hotels, souvenir shops, and attractions. Inness wanted to reclaim the natural "terror and awe" of the falls, and so obliterated all evidence of bridges, hotels, and signs in his paintings.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineNiagara Falls. 1885. George Inness, born Newburgh, NY 1825-died Bridge of Allan, Scotland 1894. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly. CC0.
