Object number1864.1.49
Berkeley Rock, Newport
Date1856
Artist
John Frederick Kensett
(American, 1816-1872)
CultureAmerican
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 12 x 19 3/4 in. (30.48 x 50.17 cm)
Credit LineGift of Matthew Vassar
On View
Not on viewPeriod19th c
Classification(s)
SignedSigned and dated (LR): JF K. 56.
BibliographyAll Seasons and Every Light, (Poughkeepsie: FLLAC, 1983), p. 70 repr.
Phagan, Patricia, Past Time: Geology in European and American Art, (London: D Giles Limited, 2018) p.72-73. repr. p.73, fig. 21;
Neely, Evan Robert. “Cartography, Composition, and the Place of the Painter.” In Political Economy, Race, and the Image of Nature in the United States, 1825-1878. New York, NY: Routledge, 2024, p. 84ProvenanceCollections: Elias MagoonVassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryIthaca, New York, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, "Past Time: Geology in European and American Art," February 16 - May 12, 2019. Cat. no. 21, repr.Poughkeepsie, New York, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, "Past Time: Geology in European and American Art," September 21 - December 9, 2018. Cat. no. 21, repr.
Poughkeepsie, New York, FLLAC, and Ithaca, New York, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, "A Focused Collection: The Hudson River School," April 21-October 19, 2007.
Poughkeepsie, NY, Vassar College Art Gallery, "All Seasons and Every Light" 14 Oct. - 16 Dec. 1983
Lincoln, MA, DeCordova and Dana Museum and Park, "All Seasons and Every Light" 5 Feb. - 25 March, 1984.
West Palm Beach, FL, Norton Museum of Art, "All Seasons and Every Light" 25 March - 1 July 1984.
Evanston, IL, Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University, "All Seasons and Every Light" 16 Nov. 1984 - 13 Jan. 1985.
Poughkeepsie, NY, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, "Humanizing Landscapes: Geography, Culture and the Magoon Collection" 5 Oct. - 20 Dec. 2000. Cat. no.30, repr. p.27
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Frederick Rondel
1863
Culture: American
