TitleOn the Narragansett Coast
Artist
John Frederick Kensett
(American, 1816 - 1872)
Date1864
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 9 3/4 × 20 1/2 in.
Framed: 13 1/4 × 23 7/8 × 1 1/2 in.
SignedSigned on lower right: "JF K 1864" [JF conjoined].
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, NY, Bequest of James A. Suydam, 1865
Object number696-P
Label TextThe close interaction of James A. Suydam and John F. Kensett as colleagues during the later phase of Suydam's career is documented by this painting, which was left to The National Academy in the Suydam bequest. In their shared subject, degree of abstraction, compositional arrangement, saturated color, tonal gradation in the sky, and contemplative mood, the two artists worked closely toward similar ends. Their poetic landscapes of Narragansett Bay during the 1860s provide important evidence of their collective effort and mutual influence.
