L. Brent Kington (July 26, 1934 – February 7, 2013) was an art educator and visual artist who worked in blacksmithing and sculpture.

[2] He is frequently hailed as the man responsible for the blacksmithing revival which took place in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

[3] Kington taught at Southern Illinois University Carbondale from 1961 to 1997 where he mentored an entire generation of metalsmiths including, especially, Gary Lee Noffke.

There was a major exhibition of his work in March 2010 at the Illinois State Museum in Springfield.

[6][5][7] Kington received the honor of Master Metalsmith in 1984 from the National Ornamental Metal Museum in Memphis, TN.