Property from a Savannah, GA estate John Kensett (NY/CT, 1816-1872), Summer Landscape, Oil on Paper Laid Down on Canvas, C. 1874, unsigned, depicting people walking in a country field, in a period frame. Frame size: 12 in. x 14 1/2 in. This painting will be included in the forthcoming John Frederick Kensett catalogue raisonne being compiled under the direction of Dr. John Driscoll. Son of an English immigrant engraver, John Kensett lacked enthusiasm for that medium and became one of the most accomplished painters of the second generation of Hudson River School painters. His reputation is for Luminism, careful depiction of light, weather, and atmosphere as they affect color and texture of natural forms. He was particularly influenced by the painting of Asher Durand in that he focused on realism and detail rather than the highly dramatic views associated with Thomas Cole. Going to the western United States in the mid 1850s and the 1860s, he was the first of the Hudson River School painters to explore and paint the West (AskArt.com).