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Inness

American  
[in-is] / ˈɪn ɪs /

noun

  1. George, 1825–94, and his son George, 1854–1926, U.S. painters.


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Peter Inness, a meteorologist at the University of Reading in England, attributed the storms to an unusually strong jet stream over the eastern Atlantic Ocean, with winds close to 200 mph at high altitudes.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 18, 2022

He hopes that Inness will eventually start to feel like a stylish update on a Catskills family resort from the 1960s.

From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2021

Before coming to the National Gallery, he published books on Inness and Morse, as well as several exhibition catalogues.

From Washington Post • May 6, 2016

Scaife’s collection consisted mostly of 19th and 20th century paintings by American artists John La Farge, John Kensett, George Inness and others.

From Washington Times • Dec. 4, 2014

With George Inness began what might be called the middle school of American landscape, which came to be one of the most important contributions that America has made to painting.

From Handbook of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts by Breck, Joseph

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