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    John Frederick Kensett

    Birth: 3-22-1816

    Death: 12-14-1872

Biography

John Frederick Kensett was born in Cheshire, Connecticut, the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Kensett. He studied engraving and drawing and worked with his father and Peter Maverick, a New York engraver. In the late 1830s, he transitioned to landscape painting exclusively for his living. He studied abroad from 1840 -1847. Kensett is referenced in a letter written by Henry Shelton Sanford to Frances Miller Seward, dated August 18th, 1863, in which he mentions Kensett's work on display at a Triennial Exhibition in Brussells, Belgium. The work was the property of Sanford.

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John Frederick Kensett was born in Cheshire, Connecticut, the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Kensett. He studied engraving and drawing and worked with his father and Peter Maverick, a New York engraver. In the late 1830s, he transitioned to landscape painting exclusively for his living. He studied abroad from 1840 -1847. Kensett is referenced in a letter written by Henry Shelton Sanford to Frances Miller Seward, dated August 18th, 1863, in which he mentions Kensett's work on display at a Triennial Exhibition in Brussells, Belgium. The work was the property of Sanford.

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https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.1434.html
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John Frederick Kensett - National Gallery of Art
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John Frederick Kensett - National Gallery of Art
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John Kensett - US State Department Art in Embassies
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