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John Frederick Kensett
John Frederick Kensett, March 22, 1816–December 14, 1872, was an American landscape painter and engraver associated with the second generation of the Hudson River School.
He attended Cheshire Academy and learned engraving in the shops of his father, Thomas Kensett, and his uncle Alfred Daggett; he later worked with the engraver Peter Maverick. From 1840 to 1847 he studied art in Europe, including drawing at the École Préparation des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
Kensett traveled with Asher B. Durand, John W. Casilear, and Thomas P. Rossiter, and maintained close ties with fellow landscape painters including Benjamin Champney. He took no formal pupils, though the National Academy of Design notes his guidance of James Suydam. His works are represented in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Anthony van Dyck
Anthony van Dyck, March 22, 1599–December 9, 1641, was a Flemish painter born in Antwerp. He trained with Hendrick van Balen and entered the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke in 1618. He worked in Peter Paul Rubens’s studio before traveling to Italy in 1621.
Van Dyck returned to Antwerp in 1627 and painted portraits, religious subjects, and mythological scenes. In 1632 he settled in England as court painter to Charles I, was knighted, and established a London workshop. His portraits became influential models for European court painting.
Van Dyck died in London in 1641. His paintings are held in the Royal Collection, the Prado, the Louvre, the National Gallery in London, the National Gallery of Art, and other major public collections.
