George Inness: career timeline
American · 1825–1894 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 28 of 40 lots (74% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1840s | 1 | 1 | $18.5kSign up | Oil |
| 1850s | 1 | 1 | $13kSign up | Oil |
| 1860s | 7 | 7 | $38.4kSign up | Oil |
| 1870s | 8 | 7 | $24kSign up | Oil |
| 1880s | 6 | 5 | $19.2kSign up | Oil |
| 1890s | 5 | 5 | $25kSign up | Oil |
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1840s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $18.5kSign up
- Average
- $18.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 14.5 × 20 in (37 × 51 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (1)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (1)
c. 1846 Summer Landscape$18.5kSign up
1850s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $13kSign up
- Average
- $13kSign up
- Typical size
- 12 × 16 in (31 × 41 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (1)
- Subjects
- Birds (1)
c. 1854 Study for 'Heron Brook'$13kSign up
1860s 7 works
- Sold
- 7 of 7
- Median
- $38.4kSign up
- Average
- $61.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 16.5 × 24 in (41 × 61 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (7)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (1)
c. 1861 Lumber Shed in the Adirondacks$10kSign up
1862 A Cloudy Day$12.5kSign up
1864 Coming Storm$38.4kSign up
c. 1864 Homeward Bound, painted circa 1864-65$73kSign up
c. 1865 In the Greenwood$19.2kSign up
c. 1865 The Passing Shower$235kSign up
1866 Landscape$40.3kSign up
1870s 8 works
- Sold
- 7 of 8
- Median
- $24kSign up
- Average
- $34.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 15 × 19 in (38 × 49 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (7), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (2), Sunsets & night (1)
1872 Landscape$7.7kSign up
c. 1872 Albano, Italy c. 1872$24kSign up
c. 1873 Perugia$48kSign up
c. 1874 Italy$10.2kSign up
1876 Untitled$23.9kSign up
1877 LandscapeUnsold
1878 Sunset on a Meadow$75kSign up
1879 Durham Connecticut$50kSign up
1880s 6 works
- Sold
- 5 of 6
- Median
- $19.2kSign up
- Average
- $18.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 17.5 × 16.5 in (44 × 42 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (6)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1), Landscapes (1), Sunsets & night (1)
c. 1881 Pine-Groves of Barberini Villa$14.2kSign up
c. 1883 Landscape with Figure$20kSign up
c. 1885 In the Orchard$33kSign up
c. 1886 Sunlight in the Woods$19.2kSign up
c. 1889 TwilightUnsold
1889 George Inness, American, 1825 - 1894$4.4kSign up
1890s 5 works
- Sold
- 5 of 5
- Median
- $25kSign up
- Average
- $20.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 20 × 30 in (51 × 77 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (5)
- Subjects
- Sunsets & night (2)
c. 1890 Evening, Montclair$25kSign up
c. 1890 Quiet Hour$7.5kSign up
1891 Twilight$32kSign up
c. 1893 Morning, Englewood$25.6kSign up
1894 The End of an Autumn Day$14kSign up
Creation date not recorded
10 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.
Undated, sold in the 2000s 3 works
- Sold
- 2 of 3
- Median
- $14.8kSign up
- Average
- $14.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 20 × 30 in (51 × 76 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (2), Other (1)
- Subjects
- Rivers & marshes (1), Sunsets & night (1)
sold 2007 Spring Lake, New Jersey$13.8kSign up
sold 2008 Sun GlowUnsold
sold 2009 Forest sunset with figure 12 x 18 1/4in$15.9kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 6 works
- Sold
- 6 of 6
- Median
- $14.4kSign up
- Average
- $15.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 10 × 15.5 in (25 × 39 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (4), Other (2)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (3), Rivers & marshes (1)
sold 2010 Woodland and the Distant Valley$18.3kSign up · sold 2×
sold 2010 Italian landscape$30.5kSign up
sold 2012 Old Mill: Cottage in the Berkshire Hills$15kSign up
sold 2018 North Conway$6.5kSign up · sold 2×
sold 2019 Untitled$13.9kSign up
sold 2019 Along the River$6.9kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 1 work
Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All George Inness auction results →