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| Keywords: The Rainbow in the Berkshire Hills by George Inness, 1869.jpg Artwork Creator George Inness Berkshire Hills in western Massachusetts 1869 oil on canvas cm 50 8 76 2 White House Washington D C United States accession number 972 866 1 object history Gift of the Rita and Taft Schreiber Foundation credit line The White House Historical Association White House Collection signed and dated lower right G Inness 1869 Notes from Kloss William et al Art in the White House A Nation's Pride Washington D C The White House Historical Association 2008 <br> Violent storm clouds have passed over this gentle landscape amid the Berkshire Hills in western Massachusetts The scraggly tree behind the shed at the left is still electric with the storm's golden afterglow Into the newly peaceful countryside comes an ox-drawn hay wagon with a farm boy enthroned upon an abundant and securely gathered harvest of green-gold hay Above him arcs the rainbow that has superseded the departing storm Given Inness's patriotic ardor in the 1860s along with a deepening religious conviction on his part it seems certain that this painting is a clear and uncomplicated postwar prayer of thanksgiving http //www whitehouseresearch org/assetbank-whha/action/viewAsset id 243 White House Art Collection Other versions PD-old-100-1923 1894 Paintings by George Inness Paintings in the White House Landscape paintings of the United States 1869 paintings Rainbows in paintings 1860s landscape paintings Rainbows in Massachusetts | ||||
