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View from Narragansett

Offered by: Jeffrey Tillou Antiques

Description
View from Narragansett
Estate stamp on verso
Oil on canvas laid on board
12” x 20”
Condition: (see full condition report)
Source: Christie’s Auction, New York City, New York, May 25, 1898, Lot 48

John Kensett, the son of an English engraver, was born in Cheshire, Connecticut. He was an admired leader among the artists of the Hudson River School and active in New York’s artist circles, including the National Academy and The Century Association. He was a founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Like his fellow painters, he traveled widely in search of inspirational natural settings. He began painting scenes of the shore
at Newport, Rhode Island, in 1854 and returned to the subject repeatedly over the rest of his life. His late work, sometimes called “The Last Summer’s Work,” framed nature with a new simplicity, filled with light and air.
His paintings are in major museum collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Brooklyn Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the Smithsonian Institution and the White House.

More Information

Period:	19th Century
Condition:	Excellent.
Creation Date:	19th century
Styles / Movements:	Other
Dealer Reference #:	WoA-AMP-OC 542
Incollect Reference #:	240303

Dimensions

W.	20 in;	H.	12 in;
W.	50.8 cm;	H.	30.48 cm;

Message from Seller:

Jeffrey Tillou Antiques was established in 1992. The three story historic building located “on the green” in Litchfield, features an extensive inventory of Americana from the 18th and early 19th centuries. Here you will find an extraordinary collection of furniture, folk art, weathervanes, sculpture, Oriental carpets, and related decorative pieces as well as distinctive European furniture and original works of art.

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