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Trout Fisherman (1852) er det maleri af John Frederick Kensett, der vækker mest opsigt; originalen findes på Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid. Derefter falder blikket på Newport Rocks (1872) og The Old Pine, Darien, Connecticut (1872). Blandt de 240 værker af John Frederick Kensett i vores katalog er disse 100 de mest berømte, hver især et unikt originalværk præsenteret med sit årstal, sit museum og årsagen til dets tidløse betydning.
In this 1852 oil on canvas, a solitary figure occupies the center of a quiet river scene. The man stands near the edge of a watercourse, his fishing pole extended toward the surface of the stream. Surrounding him is a dense arrangement of trees that form a vertical frame around the central subject. Several rocks are positioned throughout the foreground and middle ground, some resting near the fisherman's feet while…
In the quietude of 1872, John Frederick Kensett captured a moment of profound stillness that continues to resonate with the modern soul. Newport Rocks is not merely a depiction of a Rhode Island coastline; it is an invitation into the heart of Luminism, a movement defined by its pursuit of the transcendental through light. As the viewer gazes upon the jagged, ancient stones rising from the sea, there is an…
The Old Pine, Darien, Connecticut is a work by John Frederick Kensett, executed in 1872. The artist was a central figure in the Hudson River School and the Luminist movement, movements characterized by their focus on the atmospheric qualities of the American landscape. This specific composition was painted during Kensett's final summer on Long Island Sound, near Darien, Connecticut.
In this work, titled Sunset over Lake George, the artist John Frederick Kensett captures a quiet moment of transition. Painted in 1867, the scene focuses on the specific atmosphere of a sunset over Lake George. The composition centers on the interplay between the sky and the water during this particular hour of the day.
Newport is a landscape painting by John Frederick Kensett, executed in 1870. The artist, born in Cheshire, United States, produced this work during the final years of his life, which concluded in 1872.
In this oil on canvas, titled Sunset, John Frederick Kensett captures a quiet moment of transition. Completed in 1872, the work presents a coastal sunset, focusing on the interplay between the sky and the sea. It is a piece that reflects the artist's refined approach to the American landscape during the final year of his life.
The painting titled October Day in the White Mountains was created in 1854. This work is an oil on canvas by the artist John Frederick Kensett. The scene depicts a landscape featuring mountains in the background with trees and grassy fields, capturing a moment on an October day as the sun sets behind the peaks. Several people are positioned throughout the composition, some in the foreground and others further away,…
The artwork titled Shrewsbury River is a painting by the artist John Frederick Kensett. Created in 1856, this oil on canvas depicts a serene coastal landscape and nature. The scene focuses on the river and its surrounding environment, capturing a specific moment of quietude along the water's edge.
The painting titled Lake George, Free Study was created by the American artist John Frederick Kensett in 1872. This work focuses on the landscape of Lake George, situated within the Adirondack Mountains. The composition centers on a large body of water, with a range of mountains positioned in the background of the scene.
In View from Richmond Hill, John Frederick Kensett presents a serene landscape that invites a quiet moment of contemplation. A winding river meanders through a deep valley, its path guided by the natural contours of the earth. Above the water, a hazy sunset sky casts a soft, diffused light across the horizon, blurring the line between the heavens and the land. Towering trees frame the entire scene, their heavy branches…
View of the Beach at Beverly, Massachusetts1860
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Untitled (D2XALP)1872 · Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Cascade in the Forest1852 · Detroit Institute of Arts
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A View of Lake George
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The Walking Tour1847 · Detroit Institute of Arts
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Sunrise among the Rocks of Paradise, Newport1859 · Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
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On the St. Vrain, Colorado Territory
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A Peep in Windsor Forest1845 · Anglesey Abbey
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An Ilex Tree on Lake Albano, Italy1846
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European Landscape1845 · New York Historical Society
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The Shrine - A Scene in Italy1847
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The Mountain Stream1845
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Raven Hill, Elizabethtown, Essex County, N.Y.: A Study from Nature1848
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White Mountains from Shelburne, NH1850 · SCAD Museum of Art
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Niagara Falls1852
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Distant View of the Mansfield Mountain, Vermont1849 · Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
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Landscape1854 · Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
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Bash-Bish Falls, Massachusetts1855 · Museum of Fine Arts
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Landing at Sabbath Day Point1853 · National Gallery of Art
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Autumn on the Hudson River1854 · New Britain Museum of American Art
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Coast Scene1855
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View of Mount Washington1852 · Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
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Coast Scene1854
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Valley Landscape, Trenton Falls, NY1853
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New Hampshire and School's Out1850
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New England Scenery1852
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A Woodland Waterfall1855
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Nahant1850
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Landscape (also known as A Reminiscence of the White Mountains)1852
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View of the Shrewsbury River1853 · Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University
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Mountain Landscape1850
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Reminiscences of the Catskill Mountains1853
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Entrance to Newport Harbor1855
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Niagara Falls1851
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Path over the Field - A Reccollection of the Hudson1852
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Hudson River Looking towards Haverstraw1850
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Waterfall in the Woods with Indians1850
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Camels Hump from the Western Shore of Lake Champlain1852 · High Museum of Art
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Upper Mississippi1855 · Saint Louis Art Museum
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Conway Valley, New Hampshire1854 · Worcester Art Museum
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Catskill Mountain Scenery1852
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Hunters on a Riverbank1850
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Along the Hudson1852 · Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Landscape, Genesee River1857 · Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art
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View on the Genesee near Mount Morris1857 · National Gallery of Art
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Almy's Pond, Newport, Rhode Island1859
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Cliffs at Newport, Rhode Island1858 · Museum of Fine Arts
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Rocky Coast1860 · Art Institute of Chicago
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Overlooking the River From the Cliffs1860 · Birmingham Museum of Art
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Rondout Creek1862 · New Britain Museum of American Art
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Pulpit Rock, Nahant (Nahant Rock and Seashore)1859 · New York Historical Society
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Shrewsbury River, New Jersey1859 · New York Historical Society
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Mountain and Lake (Lake George)1860 · Harvard Art Museums
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Seascape1862
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The Catskills1859
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Paradise Rocks, near Newport1859
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The Langsdale Pike1860
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Eagle Rock, Manchester, Massachusetts1859
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View of Rhode Island1858
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Forty Steps, Newport, Rhode Island1860
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On the Beverly Coast, Massachusetts1863
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Lake with Boaters1858
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New England Sunrise1859
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Lakes of Killarney1857
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Shrewsbury River, New Jersey1859
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View from Cozzens Hotel near West Point1863 · New York Historical Society
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Hudson River Scene1857 · Metropolitan Museum of Art
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White Mountain Scenery1859 · New York Historical Society
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Storm, Western Colorado1870 · Toledo Museum of Art
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Coast Scene1865 · Buffalo AKG Art Museum
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Lake George, Black Mountain1869 · Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art
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Rocky Pool, Bash-Bish Fall1865 · Yale University Art Gallery
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Lake George1870 · Brooklyn Museum
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Smith's Point, Beverly, Massachusetts1867 · Museum of Fine Arts
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Lake George1870
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Mount Chocorua1864
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Newport Coast1865
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New England Coastal View with Figures1864
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On the Coast1870
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Narragansett Coast1865
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In the Colorado Rockies1870
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Eastern Mountain Lake1869
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The Hemlock1870
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Summer Day on Conesus Lake1870 · Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Newport Harbor and the Home of Ida Lewis1871
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Mountain Lake1866
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Marine off Big Rock1864
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An Inlet of Long Island Sound1865 · Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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Coast Scene with Figures1869
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Lily Pond, Newport, Rhode Island1865
De fire motiver, der optræder hyppigst i disse originaler, hver med sit fineste eksempel.
De 8 museer, der rummer flest af malerierne på denne side.
| Museum | By | Værker af John Frederick Kensett | Malerier fra denne liste |
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 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
New York | 31 | Newport Rocks, The Old Pine, Darien, Connecticut, Sunset |
 New York Historical Society |
New York City | 6 | European Landscape, Pulpit Rock, Nahant (Nahant Rock and Seashore), Shrewsbury River, New Jersey |
 Museum of Fine Arts |
Boston | 7 | Bash-Bish Falls, Massachusetts, Cliffs at Newport, Rhode Island, Smith's Point, Beverly, Massachusetts |
 National Gallery of Art |
Washington | 4 | Landing at Sabbath Day Point, View on the Genesee near Mount Morris |
 Detroit Institute of Arts |
Detroit | 2 | Cascade in the Forest, The Walking Tour |
 New Britain Museum of American Art |
New Britain | 2 | Autumn on the Hudson River, Rondout Creek |
 Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art |
Providence | 2 | Landscape, Genesee River, Lake George, Black Mountain |
 Smithsonian American Art Museum |
Washington, D.C. | 4 | Along the Hudson |
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In View from Richmond Hill, John Frederick Kensett presents a serene landscape that invites a quiet moment of contemplation. A winding river meanders through a deep valley, its path guided by the natural contours of the earth. Above the water, a hazy sunset sky casts a soft, diffused light across the horizon, blurring the line between the heavens and the land. Towering trees frame the entire scene, their heavy branches…
In this 1852 oil on canvas, a solitary figure occupies the center of a quiet river scene. The man stands near the edge of a watercourse, his fishing pole extended toward the surface of the stream. Surrounding him is a dense arrangement of trees that form a vertical frame around the central subject. Several rocks are positioned throughout the foreground and middle ground, some resting near the fisherman's feet while…
In this work, titled Sunset over Lake George, the artist John Frederick Kensett captures a quiet moment of transition. Painted in 1867, the scene focuses on the specific atmosphere of a sunset over Lake George. The composition centers on the interplay between the sky and the water during this particular hour of the day.
In the quietude of 1872, John Frederick Kensett captured a moment of profound stillness that continues to resonate with the modern soul. Newport Rocks is not merely a depiction of a Rhode Island coastline; it is an invitation into the heart of Luminism, a movement defined by its pursuit of the transcendental through light. As the viewer gazes upon the jagged, ancient stones rising from the sea, there is an…
Trout Fisherman (1852), Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid. Derefter følger Newport Rocks (1872) og The Old Pine, Darien, Connecticut (1872).
36 år gammel: Trout Fisherman er fra 1852, og John Frederick Kensett blev født i 1816.
Trout Fisherman, Newport Rocks, The Old Pine, Darien, Connecticut, Sunset over Lake George, Newport, Sunset, October Day in the White Mountains, Shrewsbury River, Lake George, Free Study og View from Richmond Hill. Ranglisten ovenfor viser det enkelte værks årstal og museum.
Vores katalog indeholder 240 værker af John Frederick Kensett, dateret fra 1843 til 1872.
Primært i Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), New York Historical Society (New York City) og Museum of Fine Arts (Boston). Museumslisten ovenfor viser dem alle.
I 1850s: 50 af de 100 værker på denne side blev skabt dengang, herunder Trout Fisherman.
På denne side er det tidligste View from Richmond Hill (1843) og det seneste Newport Rocks (1872).
Mountains (15), Landscape (13) og Scenes (9), fordelt på de 100 værker på denne side.
Oil On Canvas, for 11 af de 100 værker på denne side.
Hudson river school, baseret på originalerne på denne side.
Newport Rocks, The Old Pine, Darien, Connecticut og Sunset: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York har 6 af værkerne på denne side.
John Frederick Kensett blev født den 22. marts 1816 i Cheshire, Connecticut. Hans tidlige år blev formet af det vedholdende og præcise arbejde, som hans far, Thomas Kensett, udførte som engelskfødt graver. Allerede i en alder af 12 år arbejdede den unge mand i sin fars graveringsatelier, hvor han lærte linjens disciplin og den omhyggelige håndtering af værktøjerne. Denne tidlige fordybelse i reproduktionens mekanik lagde et fundament af teknisk nøjagtighed, som ville ledsage ham længe efter, at han havde vendt sig mod malerkunsten.
Uddannelsen fortsatte under vejledning fra både hans far og hans onkel, Alfred Daggett. Disse år blev brugt på at mestre graveringens mange detaljer – et håndværk, der kræver et tålmodigt øje for detaljen og en rolig hånd. Han blev i New Haven-området og arbejdede som graver indtil omkring 1838. Denne arbejdsperiode var fokuseret på den kontrollerede reproduktion af billeder, hvilket står i skarp kontrast til de atmosfæriske landskaber, han senere ville forfølge, men graverens omhyggelige præcision satte tydelige spor i hans senere tilgang til lys og form.
I 1840 begav John Frederick Kensett sig mod Europa for at studere malerkunsten. Han rejste ikke alene; Asher Durand og John William Casilear var hans ledsagere i denne formative periode. Under opholdet i udlandet mødte han Benjamin Champney, og de to tilbragte en betydelig tid på at rejse sammen. Disse år væk fra hjemlandet gav ham den nødvendige frihed til at forfine sit kunstneriske blik, før han vendte tilbage til USA i 1847.
Ved hjemkomsten til Amerika skiftede hans fokus mod kontinentets mangeartede landskaber. Han brugte en stor del af sin tid på at rejse gennem det nordøstlige USA, hvor han iagttog terrænet i New England og New York med stor intensitet. Hans søgen efter det ideelle motiv førte ham også langt mod vest, helt til Colorado-bjergene. Han opsøgte netop disse specifikke lokaliteter for at kunne indfange landskabets unikke lys og formsprog.
John Frederick Kensett bevægede sig væk fra den tunge og dramatiske komposition, som kendetegnede den traditionelle Hudson River School. I stedet fandt hans senere værker roen i en mere raffineret luministisk tilgang. Han søgte mod en følelse af stilhed og valgte ofte at skildre det fridfulde landskab gennem en enkel og ren geometri. Fremfor at stræbe efter det storslåede og overvældende topografi, rettede han sit blik mod de subtile skift i lys og farve, der udspiller sig over et landskab. Denne forkærlighed for mådehold gav ham mulighed for at fokusere på, hvordan atmosfæren lægger sig over en scene, hvilket skabte en dyb følelse af ro gennem dæmpede toner og bløde, ubesværede penselstrøg.
For at opnå denne helt særlige lyskvalitet benyttede Kensett sig af en specifik teknisk metode. Han påførte adskillige lag af tynde, gennemsigtige lasurer over sine lærreder. Denne møjsommelige proces tillod lyset at trænge gennem malingslagene og reflektere tilbage fra overfladen, hvilket gav værkerne en glød, der synes at udgå fra selve motivet. Denne teknik var afgørende for at indfange den måde, hvorpå sollyset filtreres gennem løvtaget eller hviler på en spejlblank vandflade. Hans fokus forblev rettet mod de subtile, flygtige øjeblikke af belysning, som definerer det amerikanske landskabs sande karakter.
John Frederick Kensetts indflydelse strakte sig langt ud over de stille scener, han fangede på lærredet. Han var dybt engageret i de strukturer, der understøttede amerikansk kunst, og han var med til at lægge fundamentet for landets vigtigste institutioner. Som medstifter af Metropolitan Museum of Art spillede han en central rolle, og i 1870 tjente han som bestyrelsesmedlem i museet. Hans dedikation til sine ligemænd kom også til udtryk gennem hans lederskab i Artists' Fund Society, hvor han fungerede som præsident fra 1865 til 1870. Desuden blev han i 1859 udnævnt til medlem af U.S. Capitol Art Commission, hvilket yderligere cementerede hans betydning i det kunstneriske liv.
Hans status i det professionelle miljø blev markeret ved hans valget som fuldgyldigt medlem af National Academy of Design i 1849. Denne anerkendelse kom i en tid, hvor han bevægede sig væk fra sine forgængeres mere dramatiske landskaber og i stedet fokuserede på en mere afdæmpet og klar tilgang til lys og komposition. Dette skift i måden, hvorpå det amerikanske landskab blev opfattet, var med til at forme retningen for landskabsmaleriet for de generationer, der fulgte i hans fodspor.
Hans malerier er spredt ud over flere store samlinger og findes ofte i sale dedikeret til udviklingen af det amerikanske landskabsmaleri. Metropolitan Museum of Art i New York huser den største koncentration af hans værker med hele tretten malerier under deres varetægt. Her kan man i de permanente gallerier finde hans stemningsfulde studier af lysets spil på vandet eller de rolige kystscener. Andre betydningsfulde værker er bevaret i Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum i Madrid og på Detroit Institute of Arts, som hver især rummer to malerier.
I USA strækker hans eftermæle sig helt til High Museum of Art i Atlanta, som besidder to af hans værker. Desuden findes et af hans malerier i Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Disse lokationer giver mulighed for at studere helt tæt, hvordan han mestrede de subtile skift i atmosfæren og den dybe stilhed i den amerikanske vildmark. Blandt hans mest markante motiver finder man:
