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In this late work, John Frederick Kensett portrayed the Rhode Island coast with spare, yet meticulous forms suffused with light and quietude. A solitary female figure seated at right almost goes unnoticed amid the long, horizontal bands of earth and water. It is the expansive sky that dominates the composition, suggestive of a spiritual force in nature. Kensett, who first trained as an engraver, applied draftsman’s precision to his paintings of the American landscape. Near Newport hints at the tourist activities that would come to define the town in the late 19th century, with couples walking along the distant shore and bathing tents dotting the horizon.
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| Medium | oil paint (paint) |
| Dimensions | 62 × 29 Cm |
| Tags | landscapes |
| Certificate | Certificate not provided |
Timeline
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19
Feb
exhibition
Athens, Ohio University, Edwin Watts Chubb Literary Art Gallery, American Painting: Masterpieces Loaned by the Art Institute of Chicago, cat. no. 3, as Third Beach, Newport.
Athens, Ohio University, Edwin Watts Chubb Literary Art Gallery, American Painting: Masterpieces Loaned by the Art Institute of Chicago, cat. no. 3, as Third Beach, Newport.
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19
Feb
note
John F....
John F. Kensett, New York, 1869. Robert Somerville, New York, 1873
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19
Feb
exhibition
New York, NY, National Academy of Design, Collection of Over Five Hundred Paintings and Studies by the Late John F. Kensett, Mar. 24–29, 1873, no. 178, as Near Newport.
New York, NY, National Academy of Design, Collection of Over Five Hundred Paintings and Studies by the Late John F. Kensett, Mar. 24–29, 1873, no. 178, as Near Newport.
Thu
19
Feb
exhibition
Art Institute of Chicago, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/4071/two-centuries-of-american-art-1750-1950"><em>Two Centuries of American Art, 1750-1950</em></a>, Oct. 1, 1959–Jan. 10, 1960...
Art Institute of Chicago, Two Centuries of American Art, 1750-1950, Oct. 1, 1959–Jan. 10, 1960, no cat. [downloadable checklist available].
Thu
19
Feb
exhibition
Lake Forest College, Ill., Durand Art Institute, A Century of American Painting: Masterpieces Loaned by The Art Institute of Chicago, June 10–16, 1957, cat. no. 3, as Third Beach, Newport.
Lake Forest College, Ill., Durand Art Institute, A Century of American Painting: Masterpieces Loaned by The Art Institute of Chicago, June 10–16, 1957, cat. no. 3, as Third Beach, Newport.
Thu
19
Feb
exhibition
Milwaukee–Downer College, Wisconsin, A Century of Landscape Painting by American Artists, 1851–1951, Feb. 13 – Mar. 23, 1951, cat. no. 1, as Rocky Coast, Newport. *only checklist on back of symposium brochure, The Arts in Society...
Milwaukee–Downer College, Wisconsin, A Century of Landscape Painting by American Artists, 1851–1951, Feb. 13 – Mar. 23, 1951, cat. no. 1, as Rocky Coast, Newport. *only checklist on back of symposium brochure, The Arts in Society, Milwaukee–Downer College Feb. 13, 1951.
Thu
19
Feb
note
sold to the Art Institute of Chicago 1949.
sold to the Art Institute of Chicago 1949.
Thu
19
Feb
exhibition
Art Institute of Chicago, The Hudson River School and the Early American Landscape Tradition, Feb. 15–Mar. 25, 1945, Frederick A. Sweet, cat. no. 126, p. 84, ill. as Rocky Coast at Newport.
Art Institute of Chicago, The Hudson River School and the Early American Landscape Tradition, Feb. 15–Mar. 25, 1945, Frederick A. Sweet, cat. no. 126, p. 84, ill. as Rocky Coast at Newport.
Thu
19
Feb
note
Richard Lawrence Schieffelin, New York, 1873....
Richard Lawrence Schieffelin, New York, 1873. A. F. Mondschein, New York, by 1944
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19
Feb
note
Judith A. Barter, et al., American Arts at The Art Institute of Chicago: From Colonial Times to World War I
Judith A. Barter, et al., American Arts at The Art Institute of Chicago: From Colonial Times to World War I (Art Institute of Chicago, 1998).
Fri
19
Feb
note
Art Institute of Chicago, Master Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago, Master Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago (Boston and Toronto: Little, Brown, 1988), p. 87, ill.
Tue
19
Feb
exhibition
Worcester, Mass., Worcester Art Museum, John Frederick Kensett, An American Master, Mar. 26–June 9, 1985, John Paul Driscoll and John K. Howat, pl. 26, ill.; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Calif., July 11–Sept. 8...
Worcester, Mass., Worcester Art Museum, John Frederick Kensett, An American Master, Mar. 26–June 9, 1985, John Paul Driscoll and John K. Howat, pl. 26, ill.; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Calif., July 11–Sept. 8, 1985; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oct. 29, 1985–Jan. 19, 1986.
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19
Feb
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John Paul Driscoll and John K. Howat, John Frederick Kensett, an American Master
John Paul Driscoll and John K. Howat, John Frederick Kensett, an American Master (Worcester, MA: Worcester Art Museum, 1985), pl. 26, ill.
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19
Feb
exhibition
New York, NY, The Whitney Museum of American Art, John Frederick Kensett, 1816–1872, Sept. 10–Oct. 20, 1968, cat. no. 41, ill. as Rocky Coast at Newport; Houston, Texas, the Museum of Fine Arts, Feb. 27–Apr. 13, 1969; Jacksonville, Fla....
New York, NY, The Whitney Museum of American Art, John Frederick Kensett, 1816–1872, Sept. 10–Oct. 20, 1968, cat. no. 41, ill. as Rocky Coast at Newport; Houston, Texas, the Museum of Fine Arts, Feb. 27–Apr. 13, 1969; Jacksonville, Fla., Cummer Gallery of Art, Apr. 29–June 8, 1969.
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