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No eighteenth-century British artist had an output as wide-ranging and as versatile as William Kent (1685–1748). He worked for court, country, and city; his style encompassed the Palladian and the Gothic. Painting, sculpture, architecture, interior decoration, furniture, metalwork, book illustration, theater design, costume, and landscape gardening—he turned his hand to them all. His ...
William Kent was an English architect, landscape architect, painter and furniture designer of the early 18th century. He began his career as a painter, and became Principal Painter in Ordinary or court painter, but his real talent was for design in various media.
William Kent (c.1685–1748) English Heritage, Chiswick House. (bapt. Bridlington, Yorkshire, 1 Jan. 1686; d London, 12 Apr. 1748). English architect, designer, landscape gardener, and painter, the most versatile British artist of his time. He began his career as a painter and spent a decade (1709–19) in Italy, mainly Rome, where in 1717 he ...
William Kent’s early life was spent in Chicago and Marin County. His father, Albert, came from a prosperous farming family in Connecticut and attended Yale. He built a family fortune with businesses scattered from New York to St. Louis. After the great Chicago fire of 1871, the elder Kent moved his family to Marin County.
23 de mar. de 2014 · It was designed by William Kent, painter, decorator, designer of furniture, objects, stage sets and costumes, book illustrator, and architect of buildings and landscapes, whose clients included ...
27 de mar. de 2014 · William Kent: Designing Georgian Britain is at the V&A, SW7 (020 7942 2000, vam.ac.uk) until July 13. Sat-Thur 10am-5.30pm, Fri 10am-9.30pm. Admission £8, concessions available.
24 de mar. de 2014 · Planos, cuadros y muebles diseñados por William Kent (1685-1748), el polifacético arquitecto que levantó la Gran Bretaña georgiana, integran una muestra que se inaugura mañana en los salones del museo Victoria & Albert de Londres. La muestra "William Kent: Diseñando la Gran Bretaña georgiana", que está abierta al público hasta julio ...
