John Frederick Kensett: 113 Masterpieces

Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, General Art
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Author: Maria Tsaneva ISBN: 9781312440036
Publisher: Lulu.com Publication: August 16, 2014
Imprint: Lulu.com Language: English
Author: Maria Tsaneva
ISBN: 9781312440036
Publisher: Lulu.com
Publication: August 16, 2014
Imprint: Lulu.com
Language: English
Kensett was an American painter and engraver, a member of the second generation of the Hudson River School. His works are landscape paintings of New England and New York State, whose bright light and calm depicting rejoice splendid qualities of nature, and are connected with Luminism. Kensett's early work owed much to the influence of Thomas Cole, but was from the beginning eminent by a preference for cooler colors and an interest in less dramatic effects, favouring restraint in both palette and composition. The work of Kensett's maturity features relaxing surroundings represented with a additional geometry, culminating in series of paintings in which coastal landscapes are balanced with smooth like glass water. He was broadly applauded and successful during his life. John Frederick Kensett was a full member of the National Academy of Design, the founder and president of the Artists' Fund Society, and a founder and trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Kensett was an American painter and engraver, a member of the second generation of the Hudson River School. His works are landscape paintings of New England and New York State, whose bright light and calm depicting rejoice splendid qualities of nature, and are connected with Luminism. Kensett's early work owed much to the influence of Thomas Cole, but was from the beginning eminent by a preference for cooler colors and an interest in less dramatic effects, favouring restraint in both palette and composition. The work of Kensett's maturity features relaxing surroundings represented with a additional geometry, culminating in series of paintings in which coastal landscapes are balanced with smooth like glass water. He was broadly applauded and successful during his life. John Frederick Kensett was a full member of the National Academy of Design, the founder and president of the Artists' Fund Society, and a founder and trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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