John Frederick Kensett
American, 1816–1872
Born in Cheshire, Connecticut; died in New York.
Kensett trained as an engraver before spending seven years in Europe, sketching in England and Italy. Back in New York in 1847 he became a leading figure of the second generation of the Hudson River School. His quiet coastal views of Newport, Long Island and Lake George, with broad still water and soft light, are central to what later writers called Luminism. He was a founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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- In the collection
- 6 worksDated 1853–1872
- Mostly
- Painting
- Movement
- Hudson River SchoolAmerican landscape painters of the mid-1800s who made wilderness their grand subject.
