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William Kent (1685 – 1748) was the leading architect and designer of early Georgian Britain. Credited as having introduced the Palladian style of architecture into England and originating the 'natural' style of gardening known as the English landscape garden, Kent was a polymath, who also turned his hand to designing sculpture, furniture ...
William Kent, als Maler, Grafiker, Baumeister, Möbelkünstler und Gartenarchitekt ein echtes Multitalent des englischen Spätbarock, kommt Ende 1685 in Bridlington, Yorkshire zur Welt und wird am Neujahrstag des Jahres 1686 getauft. Der Schneiderssohn erlernt sein Handwerk möglicherweise zwischen 1701 und 1706 bei einem einfachen Kutschenmaler, später geht er nach London und malt Porträts ...
William Kent (ur. 1 stycznia 1685 w Bridlington, zm. 12 kwietnia 1748 w Londynie) – angielski architekt, malarz, projektant wnętrz i ogrodów. Życiorys. W latach 1709–1719 przebywał w Rzymie, a od 1719 w Londynie. Tworzył plany wiejskich rezydenc ...
10. Juni 2001 · William Kent, whom one Massachusetts gallery owner called “the greatest living carver of wood in the world,” crosses his arms emphatically across his narrow chest. He lives alone here, with two cats, and a grove full of six- to seven-foot-tall, elegant sculptures of glowing mahogany, red cedar, poplar and pine. These organic works, from bulging bellies to erotic chickens, laze beneath bare ...
William Kent (1685 - 1748) Painter, designer, architect and gardener, William Kent was one of the most wide-ranging talents in 18th century Britain. Kent was born into a modest family in Bridlington, Yorkshire in 1686, but found sufficient local patronage to allow him to travel to Italy. At a time when there was little in the way of formal ...
9. März 2021 · William Kent, born in Bridlington in 1685, is now mainly remembered as a furniture designer, the first interior decorator, and a very competent, if uninspiring architect, scarcely ever as a painter. William Kent (1685–1748), Architect. William Aikman (1682–1731) Government Art Collection. In fact, he has had a consistently bad press as a ...
William Kent was an eminent 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.
