The Home of the Heron | George Inness | 1893 19th Century The painting depicts the biblical

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

showing its spread wings

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

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the abandoned structure evokes a sense of solitude

The Home of the Heron | George Inness | 1893 19th Century The painting depicts the biblicalGeorge 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