George Inness (May 1, 1825 -August 3, 1894) is an influential American landscape painter.

His work is influenced, in turn, by that of the old masters, the Hudson River school, the Barbizon school, and, finally, by the theology of Emanuel Swedenborg, whose spiritualism finds vivid expression in the work of Inness' maturity.

Often called "the father of American landscape painting," Inness is best known for these mature works that not only exemplify the Tonalist movement but also display an original and uniquely American style.