AMICA ID:
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CMA_.1967.5
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Paintings
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Creator Name:
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Kensett, John Frederick
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Creator Nationality:
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North American; American
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Creator Role:
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artist
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1816 - 1872
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Gender:
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M
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Creator Name-CRT:
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John Frederick Kensett
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Title:
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An October Day in the White Mountains
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Title Type:
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Primary
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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1854
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Creation Start Date:
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1854
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Creation End Date:
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1854
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Materials and Techniques:
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oil on canvas
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Dimensions:
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Unframed: 79.8cm x 123.5cm
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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ID Number:
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1967.5
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Credit Line:
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John L. Severance Fund and various donors by exchange
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Inscriptions:
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Signed lower right: "JF.K. 54 [JF in monogram]"
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Rights:
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Provenance:
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[Possibly T. Olyphant, Washington, 1858]; (Sloan & Roman, New York, 1967)
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Context:
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Originally trained as an engraver, John F. Kensett shifted to landscape painting as a young man. In the summer of 1850, when he was thirty-nine, Kensett made a tour of the White Mountains in New Hampshire, during which he sketched this view of Mount Chocurua, with the Saco River winding beneath it. Shortly afterwards, he created this painting of the scene, which he exhibited at the National Academy of Design in 1855. In contrast to earlier American landscapists, such as Thomas Cole, who reveled in stormy skies and rocky chasms, Kensett's paintings, such as this one, tend to be peaceful in feeling. Kensett was particularly interested in the subtle changes of color and clarity that occur as objects recede into the distance-an effect which is known as "atmospheric perspective."
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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CMA_.1967.5.tif
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