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  1. www.royalacademy.org.uk › article › with-williamWith William Kent at Burlington House | Royal Academy of Arts

    Mar 24, 2014 · By John Harris. Published on 24 March 2014. As the V&A celebrates the highly influential artist and designer, we reveal how William Kent’s career came to life with his work for Burlington House – now the home of the Royal Academy. Were William Kent (1685-1748) to come off Piccadilly and enter the Royal Academy of Arts quadrangle today he ...

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  2. www.hrp.org.uk › history-and-stories › william-kentWilliam Kent | Kensington Palace - Historic Royal Palaces

    Skilful social climber. In 1719, William Kent returned to London from his Italian travels, looking for work. His friend Lord Burlington used his high ranking contacts to introduce the young artist to the royal household. George I was searching for a ‘dazzling’ painter to decorate his new state apartments at Kensington; Kent saw his chance.

  3. www.vam.ac.uk › articles › william-kent-designingWilliam Kent: designing Georgian Britain - V&A

    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, metalwork, book illustration, theatrical design and ...

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  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › William_KentWilliam Kent - Wikipedia

    William Kent (c. 1685 – 12 April 1748) 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.

  5. www.britannica.com › biography › William-KentWilliam Kent | British Landscape Architect & Designer ...

    William Kent (born c. 1685, Bridlington, Yorkshire, Eng.—died April 12, 1748, London) was an English architect, interior designer, landscape gardener, and painter. He was a principal master of the Palladian architectural style in England and a pioneer in the creation of the “informal” English garden. Kent was said to have been apprenticed ...

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  7. www.ft.com › content › 0e99e552-a928-11e3-bf0c-00144How William Kent became 18th-century Britain’s master designer

    Mar 21, 2014 · In doing so, at home and abroad he cobbled together the most extraordinary range of influences to make him Britain’s leading architect, furniture designer, theatrical designer and landscape ...

  8. www.royalacademy.org.uk › name › william-kent-1William Kent | Artist - Royal Academy of Arts

    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 ...

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