# Eaton's Neck, Long Island, in The Hudson River School

John Frederick Kensett painted this in 1872, aged 56. It is now at The Met in New York.

Our note:

> A curving strip of sandy beach meets a broad expanse of calm water beneath a vast, pale sky. Kensett painted this spare, almost empty composition in 1872, the last summer of his life, which he spent on the Connecticut shore of Long Island Sound.

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## The work

- Date: 1872
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 18 x 36 in. (45.7 x 91.4 cm)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 74.29
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[John Frederick Kensett](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/john-frederick-kensett), American, 1816–1872

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.

6 works in the collection.

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