Kensett, John F. (1816-1872)

Name:

Kensett, John F. (1816-1872)

Title:

Associate Member, National Academy of Design, 1848
Academician, National Academy of Design, 1849
Vice President, National Academy of Design, 1872
President, New York Artists' Fund Society
Member, Century Club
Member, National Art Commission, Washington, DC, 1859
Founder, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Other Names:

Kensett, John Frederick

Born:

03/22/1816

Birthplace:

Cheshire, CT

Died:

12/14/1872

Death Location:

New York, NY

Residence:

Cheshire, CT
New Haven, CT 1829-1838
New York, NY 1838-1840, 1847-1872
England, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy 1840-1847

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Banknote engraver, 1838-1845
Artist
Landscape painter, 1838-1872

Father:

Kensett, Thomas (1786-1829)

Mother:

Daggett, Elizabeth Atwater (1791-1876)

Relations:

Accompanied Asher B. Durand, John W. Casilear, and Thomas P. Rossiter to Europe, 1840-47.

Notes:

John Paul Driscoll and John K. Howat, John Frederick Kensett An American Master. New York: Worcester Art Museum in association with W. W. Norton & Company, 1985.

Obituary, New York Tribune, New York, NY, December 16, 1872, 1.

Green-wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY