Questroyal 2009

Kensett’s pictures are to our mind, remarkable in many points—for refinement of taste, treatment of distances, rendering of atmospheric effect, and a happy expression of the broad light of day and of a specific time of day. His perception of the poetry and harmony of nature in these respects is remarkably subtle and delicate. The Crayon, 1858 3 More than the other Hudson River school painters, Kensett was able to achieve a quality of luminosity in his Lake George paintings. John Frederick Kensett 1816 – 1872 : Centennial Exhibition, 1972 4 Plate 22 Scene at Lake George