John Frederick Kensett
(1816–1872) American artist (1816-1872)
John Frederick Kensett (USA, 1816–1872) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, John Frederick Kensett belongs to the chapter ‘Realism’ in this site’s history of art.
John Frederick Kensett was born in Cheshire and died in New York City. John Frederick Kensett trained at Cheshire Academy. Wikidata associates John Frederick Kensett with Hudson River school.
One of the best-known works is ‘Overlooking the River From the Cliffs’. The works belong mainly to the genres marine art and landscape painting. The catalogue has 85 works by John Frederick Kensett with free images. The dated works span the years 1843–1872. Works by John Frederick Kensett are held by several collections, among them Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, New York Historical, and Smithsonian American Art Museum. Wikidata links 5 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘Romanticism’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Emma Stebbins, Augustus Egg, Emanuel Leutze, Fredrik Wilhelm Scholander, and Philippe Rousseau.