id:			124771
accession number:	1946.255
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1946.255
updated:		2025-10-08 11:06:24.876000

View near Newport, 1860s. John Frederick Kensett (American, 1816–1872). Oil on canvas; unframed: 31.7 x 56 cm (12 1/2 x 22 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1946.255

title:				View near Newport
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creation date:			1860s
creation date earliest:		1860
creation date latest:		1869
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creditline:			Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
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culture:	America
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	American Painting and Sculpture
collection:	American - Painting
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* John Frederick Kensett (American, 1816–1872)  - artist

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measurements: Unframed: 31.7 x 56 cm (12 1/2 x 22 1/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		35th Anniversary Exhibition
	opening date:   1951-06-20T04:00:00
	<i>35th Anniversary Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-September 30, 1951).

	title:		Seashore in Paintings of 19th and 20th Centuries
	opening date:   1965-10-22T04:00:00
	<i>Seashore in Paintings of 19th and 20th Centuries</i>. Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA (organizer) (October 22-December 5, 1965).

	title:		John Frederick Kensett
	opening date:   1967-04-13T05:00:00
	<i>John Frederick Kensett</i>. Schick Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY (organizer) (April 13-May 3, 1967).

	title:		John F. Kensett: 1816-1872
	opening date:   1968-09-10T04:00:00
	<i>John F. Kensett: 1816-1872</i>. The American Federation of Arts, New York, NY (organizer) (September 10-October 20, 1968).

	title:		American Paintings 1825 - 1915 from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   1979-07-07T04:00:00
	<i>American Paintings 1825 - 1915 from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum, Coshocton, OH (organizer) (July 7-November 1, 1979).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Oxford, Ohio, Miami University, Sesquicentennial Celebration (15 May-15 June 1959)', 'opening_date': '1959-05-15T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'New York, New York, The American Federation of Arts (circulated by), The Hudson River School, (1962)', 'opening_date': '1962-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Pittsburgh, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, The Seashore: Paintings of the 19th and 20th Centuries (22 October-5 December 1965), illus. cat. no. 33.', 'opening_date': '1965-10-22T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Saratoga Springs, New York, Hathorn Gallery, Skidmore College, John Frederick Kensett: A Retrospective Exhibition (13 April-3 May 1967), cat. no. 19, not illus, pp. 2-12, listed p. 22.', 'opening_date': '1967-04-13T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'New York, The American Federation of Arts, John Frederick Kensett 1816-1872 (10 September-20 October 1968), cat. no. 42, illus. p. 59.', 'opening_date': '1968-09-10T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Coshocton, Ohio, Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum, American Paintings 1825-1915 from The Cleveland Museum of Art (7 July-1 November 1979), cat. not numbered, illus. fig. 6.', 'opening_date': '1979-07-07T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Mansfield, Ohio, The Mansfield Art Center, The American Seascape from John Smibert to John Marin (6 March-3 April 1988); illus. cat. no. 15, pages not numbered.', 'opening_date': '1988-03-06T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Milwawukee, Wisconsin, War Memorial Building (for Children\'s Arts Program) October 1, 1958-February 15, 1959: "Man\'s Concept of Outer Space," (no catalogue).', 'opening_date': '1958-10-01T04:00:00Z'}

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PROVENANCE

	(V. Spark, New York)
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CITATIONS

	Francis, Henry. "Two Pictures of the Hudson River School." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>34, no. 3 (March 1947): 48.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 48; Reproduced: p. 54
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141350

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 537
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n99

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 185
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n209

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 185
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n209

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 228
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n248

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