Scripture Through the Hudson River Painters, Part 1: George Inness

There are many paintings that give us messages from Scripture. Let's look for the scriptural inspiration in the work of Swedenborgian artist George Inness [1825-1894], who was one of the Hudson River School of painters.

He became Swedenborgian in 1860 at the age of 35, when a fellow painter, William Page, introduced him to Swedenborg.  From then on, he attempted to express Swedenborgian theology in his painting.He wanted to express the Swedenborgian concept of the presence of the Divine in the earth.

At the 1893 Chicago fair, Inness was the best-represented American, with fifteen paintings. 

 

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