ATTRIBUTED TO: KENSETT, JOHN (1816-1872, AMERICAN) WATERFALL

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Attributed to John Kensett. Son of an English immigrant engraver, Kensett became one of the most accomplished painters of the second generation of Hudson River School painters. His reputation is for Luminism, careful depiction of light, weather, and atmosphere as they affect color and texture of natural forms. Deaccessioned from the New Britain Museum in New Britain, CT.

CORRECTION: Provenance: New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut (Purchased using the John Butler Talcott Fund in September 1975). Deacessioned from the above in 1994. Private Collection, Bellmore, New York. Literature: New Britain Museum of American Art, Additions to the Collections, 1976. New Britain Museum of American Art, Supplement to the Catalogue of the Collection (1975-1981), New Britain, Connecticut, 1981, p. 20.

Condition: Very Good

Item Dimensions: Frame: 10" x 12 - 3/4".

Name

Value

Artist

ATTRIBUTED TO: KENSETT, JOHN (1816-1872,

Title

WATERFALL

Created

19th century

Medium

watercolor on paper

Frame

Old, but not original frame