John Frederick Kensett: career timeline
American · 1816–1872 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 10 of 24 lots (42% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1830s | 1 | 1 | $1.9kSign up | Drawing |
| 1850s | 4 | 4 | $132kSign up | Oil |
| 1860s | 5 | 5 | $60kSign up | Oil |
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1830s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $1.9kSign up
- Average
- $1.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 5.5 × 9 in (14 × 23 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- Boats (1)
c. 1838 Ship at Sea$1.9kSign up
1850s 4 works
- Sold
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $132kSign up
- Average
- $214kSign up
- Typical size
- 12 × 21.5 in (31 × 55 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (4)
- Subjects
- Sea & coast (1), Sunsets & night (1)
c. 1850 Niagara Falls$38kSign up
1856 Study for Trees on the Beverly Coast$33kSign up
1856 Beacon Rock, Newport$560kSign up
1859 Sunset in the Adirondacks$225kSign up
1860s 5 works
- Sold
- 5 of 5
- Median
- $60kSign up
- Average
- $45.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 12 × 16 in (31 × 41 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (4), Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (1), Rivers & marshes (1)
1861 Mountain Landscape$18.8kSign up
1863 Waterfall in New England$60kSign up
c. 1864 View of Mount Chocorua$81.6kSign up
c. 1867 Indian Rock, Narragansett, Rhode Island$65kSign up
1868 Grand Tower, Mississippi River, Peninsula from Right$450Sign up
Creation date not recorded
14 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.
Undated, sold in the 2000s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $15.8kSign up
- Average
- $15.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 13.5 × 12 in (35 × 31 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
sold 2006 Mount Washington, Cog Railway in Distance$29.9kSign up
sold 2007 Portrait of Young Woman$1.7kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 6 works
- Sold
- 3 of 6
- Median
- $20kSign up
- Average
- $20.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 14 × 16.5 in (36 × 42 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (5), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (2)
sold 2011 Italian landscapeUnsold
sold 2011 Windsor ParkUnsold
sold 2012 Valley landscape, Trenton Falls, NY$37.5kSign up
sold 2013 Contentment Island$4.1kSign up
sold 2013 Bish-Bash FallsUnsold
sold 2017 Franconia Notch, New Hampshire$20kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 6 works
- Sold
- 6 of 6
- Median
- $17kSign up
- Average
- $190kSign up
- Typical size
- 12 × 14 in (31 × 35 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (4), Drawing (2)
- Subjects
- Beach scenes (1), Landscapes (1)
sold 2020 two works$3.3kSign up
sold 2021 Singing Beach & Eagle Rock, Magnolia, Massachusetts$1.1MSign up
sold 2024 Franconia Notch, New Hampshire$20kSign up
sold 2025 Untitled (Sketch of Tree)$1.1kSign up
sold 2025 Rocks, Conway, N.H.$14.1kSign up
sold 2025 Kaaterskill, NY$20.5kSign up
Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All John Frederick Kensett auction results →