Water Scene

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Artist John F Kensett (American, 1816–1872)

Title Water Scene

Date 1855-1872

Medium Oil on canvas

Dimensions Framed: 25 1/2 × 22 1/8 × 3 1/2 in. (64.8 × 56.2 × 8.9 cm)
Support: 18 1/8 x 14 7/8 in. (46 x 37.8 cm)

Credit Line William Lowe Bryan Memorial, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 69.115

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About this Work

John F. Kensett is best known for his views of coastal New England, which he painted during the 1860s. This small study of a rocky promontory may have been painted around Newport, Rhode Island, or perhaps Beverly Beach, Massachusetts. Works such as Water Scene are often identified as Luminist. Luminist artists in the mid-nineteenth century sought to reveal the mysteries of nature through precise rendering and attention to atmospheric effects. The Luminist painters were influenced by German Romanticism and seventeenth-century Dutch landscapes.

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"Water Scene | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=69.115