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| George Inness - Moonlight in Virginia, 1884 oil on panel, 20 1/8 × 30 1/8 in. (51.1 × 76.5 cm) Birmingham Museum of Art |
George Inness reveals his spiritual connection with nature in this painting by his rendering of the luminous moon and starkly illuminated trees. While this work emphasizes unity between land and people, it also reflects the somber mood of a nation recovering from the devastation of the Civil War. Inness introduced the aesthetics of the French Barbizon School to American painting. This style utilized rich, dark colors and a lush handling of paint, as is clearly illustrated in Moonlight in Virginia. Via
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