The Home of the Heron | George Inness | 1893 19th Century signifying war-torn ruins and graves

signifying war-torn ruins and graves

The painting depicts the biblical story of the fall of the angels who rebelled against God

the abandoned structure evokes a sense of solitude

From this point on he moved away from narrative subjects to primarily scenes of the sea in all its majestic force

The dramatic lighting and staged symbolism reflect Mortensen’s distinctive pictorial style

The Home of the Heron | George Inness | 1893 19th Century signifying war-torn ruins and gravesGeorge Inness (May 1, 1825 August 3, 1894) was a prominent American landscape painter. One of the most influential American artists of the nineteenth century, Inness was influenced, in turn, by the Old Masters, the Hudson River school, the Barbizon school, and, finally, the theology of Emanuel Swedenborg, whose spiritualism found vivid expression in the work of Inness's maturity (18791894). Inness as one of America's greatest artists. Often called