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Images of contentment: Kensett's landscapes
; In the last five years of his life, John Kensett shifted his focus from the Western...the Connecticut coast. Bom in 1818, Kensett followed in his father's footsteps...Contentment Island in Long Island Sound, Kensett produced nearly fifty works from 1867...featured in "Images of Contentment: ...
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Anniversaries
; ...Dyck, painter, 1599; Anton Raphael Mengs, painter, 1728; Wilhelm I, King of Prussia and Emperor of Germany, 1797; John Frederick Kensett, artist, 1816; Randolph Caldecott, artist and illustrator, 1846; Robert Andrews Millikan, physicist, 1868. Deaths...
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Auction block.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
; ...The paintings, Anchorage by Armin Carl Hansen (est. $30,000 to $50,000) and Lily Pond, Newport, Rhode Island by John Frederick Kensett (est. $100,000 to $150,000), were the top two lots of the night, tying at $254,000 each. There were a few upsets...
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Manifestations of America from two museum collections
; ...Lake Champlain by John F. Kensett About the Period...About the Artist John Frederick Kensett (1816-1872) was born...information during Kensett's life. Create a...of America? 4. As John Kensett's pencil studies...
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MORE OF THE BEST FROM MONTCLAIR
; John Zeaman, Record Art Critic The Record...LANDSCAPES, VIA THE HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL By John Zeaman, Record Art Critic Date: 03-15-...can be seen in "Fish Island from Kensett's Studio on Contentment Island, Darien, Connecticut," by John Frederick Kensett. This scene is probably covered ...
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SHORT LIST
; ...the Hudson River School, which flourished during the late 19th century. Included are ink and pencil drawings by John Frederick Kensett, paintings by Aaron Draper Shatuck and more. Running concurrently is Dan Flavin, drawing water light, a selection...
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Grinding Out The Grandeur; When American Artists Flexed Natural Muscles
; ...valley's famous school, and by followers like Asher Durand and Frederic Edwin Church and the European-trained John Frederick Kensett. (Kensett is one of this show's underrated stars.) The still waters and glowing skies of luminism are also on display...
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Sketches of Greatness
; ...to outstanding works by Sanford Robinson Gifford, John Frederick Kensett and Worthington Whittredge. Sadly, in this company...collapsible paint tube, invented in 1841 by American artist John Goffe Rand and quickly adopted by artists around the...
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Currier appoints Strickler director
; ...American art since 1981. While there she organized exhibitions of works of John Singer Sargent and of Native American art as well as the exhibitions "John Frederick Kensett: An American Master," which traveled to the Los Angeles County Museum of...
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PAINT BY THESE NUMBERS
; ...when he painted the circa 1900-01 watercolor. "View of Mount Washington" set an auction record of $847,500 for John Frederick Kensett, whose 1850 sketching trip to the White Mountains inspired the large-scale 30-by- 45-inch work. Christie's May...
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