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Artist in the Global Art Registry
John Frederick Kensett
1816–1872 · American
- Born
- 1816 · Cheshire
- Died
- 1872 · New York City
39 works in the Collect24 Registry
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John Frederick Kensett was an American landscape painter and engraver, a member of the second generation of the Hudson River School of artists. His signature works are landscape paintings of New England and New York State, associated with Luminism.
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John Frederick Kensett (March 22, 1816 – December 14, 1872) was an American landscape painter and engraver born in Cheshire, Connecticut. He was a member of the second generation of the Hudson River School of artists. Kensett's signature works are landscape paintings of New England and New York State, whose clear light and serene surfaces celebrate transcendental qualities of nature, and are associated with Luminism. Kensett's early work owed much to the influence of Thomas Cole, but was from the outset distinguished by a preference for cooler colors and an interest in less dramatic topography, favoring restraint in both palette and composition. The work of Kensett's maturity features tranquil scenery depicted with a spare geometry, culminating in series of paintings in which coastal promontories are balanced against glass-smooth water. He was a founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Registered works
39
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Featured works
Selected registered works by John Frederick Kensett
Selected from 39 works by John Frederick Kensett in the Collect24 Registry.
John Frederick Kensett
Clearing Off, ca. 1865
oil on canvas
65.1 × 89.9 × 8.3 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum
C24-140191
John Frederick Kensett
Forest Interior with Stream, ca. 1860-1870
oil on canvas
44.2 × 36.8 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum
C24-136743
John Frederick Kensett
Mountains in Colorado, 1870
oil on paper mounted on paperboard
25.9 × 35.7 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum
C24-134543
John Frederick Kensett
North of the White Mountains, 1850
Graphite on blue wove paper
24.1 × 31.8 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-937681
John Frederick Kensett
A Peep in Windsor Forest, 1845
oil paint
34.2 × 43.5 cm
National Trust
C24-184578
John Frederick Kensett
The Sea, 1872
Oil on canvas
39.4 × 77.5 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-138798
John Frederick Kensett
Salt Meadow in October, 1872
Oil on canvas
45.7 × 76.2 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-138318
John Frederick Kensett
Twilight on the Sound, Darien, Connecticut, 1872
Oil on canvas
29.2 × 62.2 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-137403
John Frederick Kensett
Eaton's Neck, Long Island, 1872
Oil on canvas
45.7 × 91.4 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-137373
John Frederick Kensett
Sunset Sky, 1872
Oil on canvas
50.8 × 81.3 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-137123
John Frederick Kensett
Newport Rocks, 1872
Oil on canvas
78.7 × 121.9 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-137120
John Frederick Kensett
Sunset, 1872
Oil on canvas
45.7 × 76.2 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-137117
Museums and collections
Where works by John Frederick Kensett are registered
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, United States
24 works
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington, D.C., United States
5 works
- National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
4 works
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
3 works
- Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
2 works
- National Trust
United Kingdom
1 work
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