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John Frederick Kensett, 1816-1872
One of the most popular members of the second generation of the Hudson River School of American landscape painters, artist and engraver John Frederick Kensett was much admired for his keen observations of nature, his refined compositions, and his sensitive rendering of light. Elected to full membership in the prestigious National Academy in 1849, he later helped to found New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. During the Civil War, Kensett chaired the Art Committee of the New York Metropolitan Fair, which raised funds that enabled the United States Sanitary Commission to provide much-needed relief for sick and wounded soldiers.
Mathew Brady, c 1856 |