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John Frederick Kensett: Niagara Falls  wikidata:Q28796771 reasonator:Q28796771
Artist
John Frederick Kensett  (1816–1872)  wikidata:Q982284
 
John Frederick Kensett
Alternative names
John F. Kensett; John Kensett; j.f. kensett; j. f. kensett; Kensett
Description American painter
Date of birth/death 22 March 1816 Edit this at Wikidata 14 December 1872 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Cheshire New York City
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artist QS:P170,Q982284
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Title
Niagara Falls
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Date between circa 1852 and circa 1854
date QS:P571,+1852-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1852-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1854-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 83.2 cm (32.7 in); width: 122.1 cm (48 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,83.2U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,122.1U174728
institution QS:P195,Q35525
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1961.158.3 (White House) Edit this at Wikidata
Notes Notes from Kloss, William, et al. Art in the White House: A Nation's Pride. Washington, D.C.: The White House Historical Association, 2008:
The oval is precisely bisected horizontally by the top of the falls, and vertically by the towering plume of spray. This structural regularity, together with the decorative format, emphasizes the more detached record of nature preferred by Kensett. ... As in others of his paintings, Kensett here seems to be contemplating the opposing natures of earth and water, then uniting them pictorially in the most direct way. The dark mass of the projecting shoreline is played directly against the silvery, luminous tones of the falls. ... By taking a closeup, water's edge viewpoint, [Kensett] calls our attention to the intertwining of rocks and water."
References Google Arts & Culture asset ID: DgEtBJh0db_R8Q Edit this at Wikidata
Source/Photographer The White House Historical Association
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