John Frederick Kensett
1816–1872 · 12 works
John Frederick Kensett approached landscape with a sensitivity to small changes of tone. He trained as an engraver before studying painting in Europe, then became an important figure in New York’s artistic community and a founding trustee of the Metropolitan Museum. Lakes and coastlines offered recurring subjects for his attention to light and air. In the more restrained views, a broad stretch of water and an almost uninterrupted horizon can carry the composition. Rocky outcrops and a distant sail become measures of scale within a setting that otherwise seems to extend indefinitely.
12 works · 1846–1872
In Rocky Coast, compare the near rocks with the distant horizon. Where does detailed description give way to haze?
