William Kent

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William Kent was an influential 18th-century English architect, landscape designer, and painter who helped pioneer the naturalistic English landscape garden style.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf architect
furniture designer
interior designer
landscape architect
painter
person
birthDate 1685-01-01
birthPlace Bridlington
England
Yorkshire
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
deathDate 1748-04-12
deathPlace London, England
surface form: London
designed Stowe landscape gardens
surface form: Elysian Fields at Stowe

Stowe Gardens
surface form: Temple of Venus at Stowe

cascades and water features at Rousham
garden buildings at Stowe
garden layout at Rousham House
interiors and furniture for Chiswick House
state rooms at Kensington Palace
employer Charles Boyle, 2nd Earl of Burlington
surface form: Lord Burlington
fieldOfWork architecture
garden design
interior design
landscape architecture
painting
genre landscape painting
influencedBy Andrea Palladio
Inigo Jones
knownFor introducing Palladian architecture to England
pioneering the naturalistic English landscape garden style
movement English landscape garden
Palladian architecture
name William Kent self-link
nationality English
notableWork Chiswick House
surface form: Chiswick House gardens

Holkham Hall
Horse Guards Parade
surface form: Horse Guards, Whitehall

Houghton Hall
surface form: Interiors at Houghton Hall

Kensington Gardens
Stowe landscape gardens
Treasury buildings, Whitehall
occupation architect
garden designer
interior decorator
landscape designer
painter
patron Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Stowe House associatedWithArchitect William Kent
Stowe landscape gardens designedBy William Kent
Stowe School hasGroundsDesignedBy William Kent
Rousham hasLandscapeDesigner William Kent
Houghton Hall interiorDesigner William Kent
William Kent name William Kent self-link
Earl of Burlington patronOf William Kent
subject surface form: Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington