George Inness Gold Medal
Jonathan Scott Hartley
1900 · Gold · The American Wing
After training in London, Berlin, and Paris, Hartley ascended from the ranks of marble cutter to become a distinguished sculptor of portraits. He received particular notice for his portrait bust of his father-in-law, the esteemed American artist George Inness. In 1900, Hartley modeled the "George Inness Gold Medal," an award that honored excellence in landscape painting at the National Academy of Design’s annual exhibition from 1901 to 1918. The obverse features a portrait of Inness; the reverse bears an inscription designating the award to its recipient. In 1905, the year this medal was distributed, the winner was Edward Gay, whose landscape "Broad Acres" (87.1.8) is in the Metropolitan’s collection.
- Artist
- Jonathan Scott Hartley
- Date
- 1900
- Medium
- Gold
- Culture
- American
- Department
- The American Wing
- Credit line
- Gift of Richard G. Coker, 1980
