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Artists›John Frederick Kensett

John Frederick Kensett

American, 1816–1872

WA-00043157

Cheshire, CT, United States

PaintingHudson River School

Representation

None documented

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Publications Referenced

80%

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ982284

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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The Natural Paradise: Painting in America 1800�1950

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976

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Romantic Painting in America

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1943–1944

No image

Americans 1943: Realists and Magic-Realists

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1943

Field Verification (4 fields)

4 cross-verified · 0 single-source

Is PublishedManual· 100%✓
Birth yearArtic· 93%✓
LocationArtic· 93%✓
NationalityArtic· 93%✓

Source Registry (1)

Aichttps://www.artic.edu/artists/35239
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred95%

About

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Movement

Hudson River School

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Cleveland Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

Canonical record

Artworks (16)

Western Landscape

1870 · oil on paper mounted on paperboard

10 1/8 x 14 1/8 in. (25.6 x 35.9 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Mountains in Colorado

1870 · oil on paper mounted on paperboard

10 1/4 x 14 in. (25.9 x 35.7 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Beach at Beverly

1869 · oil on canvas

overall: 55.8 x 86.4 cm (21 15/16 x 34 in.) framed: 85.1 x 115.6 x 8.6 cm (33 1/2 x 45 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Near Newport

1869 · Oil on canvas

29.5 × 62.4 cm (11 5/8 × 24 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Clearing Off

1865 · oil on canvas

25 5/8 × 35 3/8 × 3 1/4 in. (65.1 × 89.9 × 8.3 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Forest Interior with Stream

1860 · oil on canvas

17 3/8 x 14 1/2 in. (44.2 x 36.8 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

View near Newport

1860 · oil on canvas

Unframed: 31.7 x 56 cm (12 1/2 x 22 1/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Rocky Coast

1860 · Oil on canvas

35.6 × 61 cm (14 × 24 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

View on the Genesee near Mount Morris

1857 · oil on canvas

overall: 76.2 × 123.83 cm (30 × 48 3/4 in.) framed: 118.75 × 163.83 × 17.46 cm (46 3/4 × 64 1/2 × 6 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Beacon Rock, Newport Harbor

1857 · oil on canvas

overall: 57.2 x 91.4 cm (22 1/2 x 36 in.) framed: 85.7 x 119.4 x 10.2 cm (33 3/4 x 47 x 4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

An October Day in the White Mountains

1854 · oil on canvas

Framed: 107.6 x 152.1 x 12.7 cm (42 3/8 x 59 7/8 x 5 in.); Unframed: 79.8 x 123.5 cm (31 7/16 x 48 5/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Landing at Sabbath Day Point

1853 · oil on canvas

overall: 25.4 x 39.9 cm (10 x 15 11/16 in.) framed: 38.1 x 52.1 x 6.4 cm (15 x 20 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Along the Hudson

1852 · oil on canvas

18 1/8 x 24 in. (45.9 x 61.0 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Building by a Dam

1850 · graphite over watercolor on wove paper

image: 13.34 × 21.27 cm (5 1/4 × 8 3/8 in.) sheet: 18.1 × 26.67 cm (7 1/8 × 10 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

View of Niagara Falls

1846 · oil on canvas

Unframed: 35.9 x 51.2 cm (14 1/8 x 20 3/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Standing Artist

1845 · pencil and watercolor on paper

sheet: 11 1/4 x 8 5/8 in. (28.7 x 21.9 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

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Artwork sources (4)

16 published of 16 catalogued · 16 with image

Smithsonian
6 published6 img
Nga
5 published5 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
3 published3 img
Art Institute Chicago
2 published2 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 3)

3 entries · 1 sources

An October Day in the White Mountains
1854 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
View near Newport
1860 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
View of Niagara Falls
1846 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Artsy

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

Movements1

Hudson River School

Collections5

Cleveland Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

National Gallery of Art

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Auction house

Christie's

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition The Natural Paradise: Painting in America 1800�1950

New York · 1976

Group Exhibition Romantic Painting in America

New York · 1943

Group Exhibition Americans 1943: Realists and Magic-Realists

New York · 1943