Object Details
- Artist
- John Frederick Kensett, born Cheshire, CT 1816-died New York City 1872
- Luce Center Label
- John Frederick Kensett painted peaceful views in muted colors to express a sense of quiet reflection. American artists in the nineteenth century often painted the mountains of the American West rising dramatically from the Great Plains. Kensett, however, chose to paint from inside the mountains, showing successive ridges marching toward the Continental Divide. The dull browns, greens, and grays of the scene evoke the cold, thin atmosphere of Colorado’s high altitudes.
- Luce Object Quote
- “I long to get amid the scenery of my own country for it abounds with the picturesque, the grand, and the beautiful . . .” Kensett, 1844, quoted in Driscoll and Howat, John Frederick Kensett, An American Master, 1985
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Orrin Wickersham June
- 1870
- Object number
- 1967.136.6
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on paper mounted on paperboard
- Dimensions
- 10 1/4 x 14 in. (25.9 x 35.7 cm)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 13B
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Landscape\mountain
- Western
- Landscape\Colorado
- Landscape\rocks
- Record ID
- saam_1967.136.6
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7844e017a-e0bf-4820-9654-0df197fa0b8a
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