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 - 7 also.
This is part 8 of a 16-part series on the works of Rockwell Kent:
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| 1930 Starlight woodcut on paper 13.5 x 17.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA |
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| 1930 Bowsprit study for the wood engraving graphite on tracing paper 14.4 x 19 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1930 Bowsprit pencil on paper study for a wood engraving 14 x 17.8 cm |
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| 1930 Bowsprit wood engraving 14 x 17.8 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1930 Distant Mountains, Tierra Del Fuego oil on canvas 71.4 x 111.7 cm Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC |
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| 1930 Girl on a Cliff wood engraving 16.7 x 12.4 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1930 Hail and Farewell wood engraving on paper 20.4 x 14 cm ( image) Smithsonian American Art Museum |
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| 1930 Invitation to a So-Called Tea photomechanical metal relief print and colour linocut with letterpress text on cream wove paper 24.9 x 17.3 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
1930 Moby-Dick
Published by The Lakeside Press, New York:
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| Chapter Heading ink on paper 9.5 x 19 cm |
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| Sailors on Shipboard (Midnight, on the Forecastle) brush and black ink over traces of graphite, on cream wove paper 12.9 x 17.8 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| Title Page Vignette for Moby Dick, Vol. II brush and ink with white on off-white wove paper 8.9 x 8.9 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| Title Page Vignette for Moby Dick, Vol. II brush and ink with white on off-white wove paper 10.5 x 6.5 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| Harpooning a Whale (Wrapping Paper for the book 'Moby Dick') relief print, silver on black paper 28.6 x 21.9 cm (sheet) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| Frontispiece |
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| Design for the Title Page brush and black ink and white opaque watercolour, on cream laid paper 25.1 x 17.8 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| Daggoo Throws a Dart (see original artwork below) |
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| Daggoo Throws a Dart brush and black ink over traces of graphite, with scraping out, on cream wove paper 25.4 x 17.9 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
Illustrations from Moby-Dick continue in part 9.
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