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 - 8 also.
This is part 9 of a 16-part series on the works of Rockwell Kent:
1930 Moby-Dick
Published by The Lakeside Press, New York
(continued from part 8)
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| c1930s Untitled (Greenland) oil on canvas laid down on panel 71.4 x 86.7 cm Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine |
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| 1930s Bacchus pencil and tempera on wood 61.6 x 33 cm Private Collection |
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| c1930 Rocky Coast pen and black ink, graphite on off-white wove paper laid down on card 9.5 x 14.9 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| c1930 R.K. Inc woodcut 25.7 x 21 cm |
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| 1930 Washington Hand Press wood engraving 4.1 x 3.7 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1930 The Mountains of Greenland and the Sea oil on panel 61 x 228.6 cm Private Collection |
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| 1930 Starlight wood engraving on paper 13.3 x 17.5 cm |
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| 1930 Seed by Charles G. Norris cinema promotion |
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| 1930 Seed by Charles G. Norris book cover |
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| 1930 Seed by Charles G. Norris book cover - dust wrapper |
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| 1930 Northern Light wood engraving 13.7 x 20.2 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1931 A Birthday Book by Rockwell Kent published by Random Hose, New York |
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| 1931 A Birthday Book by Rockwell Kent Titile Page |
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| 1931 A Birthday Book by Rockwell Kent Edition Number |
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| 1931 A Birthday Book by Rockwell Kent |
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| 1931 A Birthday Book by Rockwell Kent |
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| 1931 A Birthday Book by Rockwell Kent |
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| 1931 A Book Collector's Quarterly, The Colophon poster colour photomechanical metal relief print image with letterpress text on cream wove paper mounted on heavyweight dark beige wove paper 43.2 x 29.8 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1931 Bather wood emgraving 14 x 20.2 cm |
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| 1931 Deep Water wood engraving 13.8 x 17.8 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1931 Diver wood engraving 18,3 x 13,8 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1931 Fair Wind study for the wood engraving brush, pen, and black ink, graphite on off-white wove paper 14.3 x 18.4 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1931 Fair Wind wood engraving on paper 13.8 x 17.5 cm Smithsonian American Art Museum |
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| 1931 Farewell lithograph 14.4 x 10 cm (image) The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio © Plattsburgh State Art Museum / Estate of Sally Kent Gordon |
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| 1931 god bless hanne! lithograph 15.1 x 8.6 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1931 Godspeed wood engraving 13.7 x 17.6 cm (image) The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio © Plattsburgh State Art Museum/Estate of Sally Kent Gordon |
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| 1931 Greenland Brach oil on canvas laid down on plywood 86 x 112 cm The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia |
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| 1931 Greenland Girl lithograph 8.1 x 6.2 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1931 Greenland Landscape lithograph 8.9 x 15.6 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1931 Hero lithograph on cream wove paper 30.8 x 23 cm (image) The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio © Plattsburgh State Art Museum/Estate of Sally Kent Gordon |
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| 1931 Home Port study graphite on off-white wove paper 17.6 x 19.8 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1931 Home Port study graphite on tracing paper 15.2 x 20.2 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1931 Home Port woodcut on paper 16.5 x 18.6 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA |
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| 1931 Mahatten Telephone Directory lithograph 27.9 x 21.7 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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