Rockwell Kent was an American artist best known for his signature, smooth style of landscape painting. Often cited as an early American Modernist, Kent's work focuses on the otherworldly beauty of nature, influenced by Transcendentalism and the mysticism of writers such as Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Kent also made numerous extended visits to international areas of isolated wilderness, including Tierra del Fuego, Alaska, and Greenland, which served as inspiration to his work. His paintings are heavily stylised, with organic forms taking on geometric qualities and contrasting colour relationships. The artist initially graduated with an undergraduate degree in architecture from Columbia University in New York, and later studied composition and design at the Art Students League in 1900 before dedicating himself to painting. Sometime in the 1910s, he purchased an Adirondack farmstead which he named Asgaard from where he continued to work prolifically. He achieved considerable success in the 20th century, garnering awards such as the 1967 reception of the International Lenin Peace Prize from the Soviet Union, along with a monetary prize which Kent donated to the people of Vietnam. Born on June 21, 1882, in Tarrytown, NY, he died in Plattsburgh, NY on March 13, 1971.
For a more comprehensive biography see part 1, and for earlier works see parts 1 - 10 also. This is part 11 of a 16-part series on the works of Rockwell Kent:
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| 1933 Dirty Deborah lithograph 22.7 x 17 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1933 Early November, North Greenland oil on canvas laid down on plywood 86 x 112 cm |
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| 1933 Harvest (Picking Apples) offset lithograph, from a watercolour |
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| 1933 Hobo woodcut on paper 13.7 x 17.4 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA |
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| 1933 Holsteinborg, Greenland oil on canvas Museum of Art Norton, Palm Beach, CA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1933 Hunter of Seals, North Greenland oil on canvas laid down on plywood 87 x 113 cm The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia |
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| 1933 Kayaks, Greenland oil on canvas laid down on plywood 86 x 112 cm The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow |
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| 1933 Mountain Climber pencil The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio © Plattsburgh State Art Museum / Estate of Sally Kent Gordon |
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| 1933 Mountain Climber woodcut on paper 20 x 14.9 cm Smithsonian American Art Museum |
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| 1933 Night Over Fitch's Pond watercolour, gouache and ink on paperboard 19.3 x 12.7 cm |
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| 1933 Reader wood engraving on paper 13.4 x 9.1 cm (image) Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC |
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| 1933 Sledging lithograph 29.2 x 21.9 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1933 Sophia lithograph 11.4 x 9.5 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1933 Starry Night wood engraving 17.8 x 12.7 cm |
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| 1933 Tasiuaq, Greenland oil on canvas laid down on plywood 66 x 119 cm The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia |
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| 1933 The Beginning of November, North Greenland oil on canvas laid down on plywood 86 x 112 cm The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia |
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| 1933 The Citadel oil on canvas laid down on plywood 86.3 x 111.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
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| 1933 The End of May, North Greenland oil on canvas laid down on plywood 86.5 x 112 cm The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow |
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| 1933 The Eskimo in the Kayak, Greenland oil on canvas laid down on plywood 82 x 87 cm The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow |
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| 1933 The Return of the Hunters, North Greenland oil on canvas laid down on plywood 86 x 111 cm The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow |
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| 1933 The Spring Thaw, Greenland oil on canvas 87 x 111.7 cm Private Collection |
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| 1933 Winter Day, Greenland oil on canvas laid down on plywood 72 x 87 cm The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow |
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| 1933 Young Greenland Woman lithograph on wove paper 22.5 x 16.8 cm (image) Detroit institute of Arts, IL |
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| 1933-35 Discoveries of the Kent Greenland Sub Polar Expedition 1931-32 pen and ink, pencil and charcoal on art board 24.5 x 34.6 cm |
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| c1933 Bookplate for Stephen Morgan Etnier relief print 7.9 x 5.9 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1934 Greenland Mother Nursing Child sketch for lithograph graphite on tracing paper 17.1 x 10.2 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1934 Charlotte colour lithograph 27 x 36.5 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1934 Communing with Nature (Greenland at Night) lithograph 21.6 x 34.3 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1934 Greenland Courtship lithograph on white wove paper 35.2 x 25-3 cm (image) Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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| 1934 Greenland Mother Nursing Child lithograph 17.8 x 1.4 cm |
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| 1934 Self-Portrait (It's Me O Lord) lithograph on paper 34 x 24.7 cm Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC |
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| 1934 Zest by Charles G. Norris book cover published by Doubleday, Doran and Co. |
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| c1934-35 Greenland (Spring) oil on canvas laid down on panel 71.1 x 86.4 cm |
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| 1935 Artist, Greenland oil on canvas 86.4 x 113 cm Private Collection |
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| c1935-37 Iceberg: Sledge Dogs, Greenland oil on canvas laid down on panel 86.4 x 113 cm |
1934 Candy by L.M. Alexander
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| 1934 Candy by L.M. Alexander Dust Jacket |
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| 1934 Candy by L.M. Alexander Woman Climbing over a Fence relief print 17.8 x 12.1 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1934 Candy by L.M. Alexander Woman with a Basket brush, pen and ink on cream laid paper 21 x 14.4 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
1934 Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Published by Garden City Publishing Co., Garden City, New York:
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