John Frederick Kensett (1816 - 1872)

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John Frederick Kensett

John Frederick Kensett 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.

Wikipedia

Date and place of birt:22 march 1816, Cheshire, USA
Date and place of death:14 december 1872, New York City, USA
Nationality:USA
Period of activity: XIX century
Specialization:Artist, Painter
Art school / group:Hudson River School
Genre:Landscape painting
Art style:Realism, Romanticism

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Edward Sheffield Bartholomew (1822 - 1858)
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Robert Glenn Ketchum (1947)
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Ernő Koch (1898 - 1970)
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Vincent Cavallaro (1912 - 1985)
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Barry Feinstein (1931 - 2011)
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Orville Bulman (1904 - 1978)
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Ruth Duckworth (1919 - 2009)
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Joop Sanders (1921 - 2023)
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Horst P. Horst (1906 - 1999)
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William Michael Harnett (1848 - 1892)
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Robert Frederick Blum (1857 - 1903)
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Kenny Scharf (1958)
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Marsden Hartley (1877 - 1943)
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Creators Realism

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Wang Yidong (1955)
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Bartolomeo Bezzi (1851 - 1923)
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Émile Friant (1863 - 1932)
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Amelie Ruths (1871 - 1956)
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Hugh Frazer (1795 - 1865)
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Charles B. Newhouse (1805 - 1877)
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Joseph Damberger (1867 - 1951)
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Wilhelm Balmer (1865 - 1922)
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Pierre-Antoine Mongin (1761 - 1827)
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Emile Edwin Ganz (1871 - 1948)
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Mary Shelley (1797 - 1851)
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Charles D'Oyly (1781 - 1845)
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Raphaël Collin (1850 - 1916)
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Harry Hearendel (1896 - 1991)
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