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The Montclair Art Museum presents exhibition dedicated to George Inness: Private Treasures

MONTCLAIR, N.J.- The Montclair Art Museum presents George Inness: Private Treasures, which opened Sunday, November 6, as the first special exhibition to be held in the George Inness Gallery, a gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Martucci. The gallery is the only space in the world dedicated to the work of George Inness (1825-1894) and customarily houses an installation of rotating selections from the Museum’s renowned collection of America’s greatest landscape painter. George Inness: Private Treasures, on view through April 1, 2012, consists of 10 works, nine from private collections as well as one from the Montclair Historical Society. The local lenders are from various towns in New York and New Jersey, including Montclair, Glen Ridge, Essex Fells, Verona, and Irvington. Additionally, George Inness Sketching Outside His Montclair Studio, a painting from the Museum’s collection