Year c. 1855 Artist George Inness Location National Gallery of Art Media Canvas, Paint, Oil paint | Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 86 cm x 1.28 m Created 1855 | |
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Periods Hudson River School, Barbizon school Similar George Inness artwork, Hudson River School artwork, Oil paintings | ||
The Lackawanna Valley is a c. 1855 painting by the American artist George Inness. Painted in oil on canvas, it is one of Inness' best and most well-known works. It is in the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
The painting was commissioned from Inness by John Jay Phelps the first president of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, and depicts the Lackawanna Valley in Pennsylvania at the site of the railroad's first roundhouse in Scranton.
References
The Lackawanna Valley Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA