PHILADELPHIA, PA.- A central figure in the history of American 19th-century landscape painting, George Inness (1825–1894) made two sojourns to Italy—the first in 1851 to 1852 and the second from 1870 to 1874—during which he followed in the footsteps of the Old Masters in pursuit of a technique that would place him at the forefront of American art. This focused exhibition of 10 significant works is the first to examine the impact of Inness’s experience of Italy and how this significantly influenced his stylistic development over the course of three decades. It will present loans from public and private collections alongside the Museum’s Twilight on the Campagna of around 1851, which, recently conserved and reframed, will be on view for the first time in nearly 60 years. “We are