Sunset Near Darien / John Frederick Kensett
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.99
- Title
- Sunset Near Darien
- Artist
- John Frederick Kensett
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1816 - 1872
- Medium and Support
- oil on board
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1872
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Credit Line
- Anonymous Gift
- Style/Group/Movement
- Luminism
- Dimensions
- 35.4 cm x 45.8 cm (13 15/16 in. x 18 1/16 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- landscape
- Physical Description
- Landscape painting of costal scene overlooking a body of water using an aerial perspective; three tree tops in center in darkened foreground in front of a glowing sky
- Subject Matter
- Seeking solace after the Civil War, Kensett acquired property on Contentment Island on the Long Island Sound near Darien, Connecticut. This painting, probably painted from the artist's third-floor bedroom window or cupola, at the highest point of the island, captures the spirit of a nation in transition after the Civil War and reflects the desire to escape the congestion of growing cities to a place of placid retreat, and a longing to return to nature and the simpler, rural life of early America.
- Primary Keywords
- clouds
- coastlines
- landscapes
- landscapes (environments)
- seascapes
- shores
- shores (landforms)
- sky
- sunset
- trees
- water
- Secondary Keywords
- relation to water
- associated concepts
- atmospheric effects
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- geography
- inorganic material
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by position
- landforms by shape or position
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- plants
- scientific concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- the natural world
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- waterscapes
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- woody plants
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1427 x 987
- File Size
- 66 KB
- Record
- 1975/2.99
- Link to this Item
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"Sunset Near Darien; John Frederick Kensett." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1975-sl-2.99/1975_2.99.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.
