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 - 13 also. This is part 14 of a 16-part series on the works of Rockwell Kent:
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| 1939-40 Clover Fields oil on canvas 69.8 x 110.4 cm Five Colleges and Historic Deerfield Museum Consortium, MA |
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| c1939 Resurrection Bay, Alaska oil on fabric laid down on board 71.1 x 113 cm Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington |
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| 1940 Auction Catalogue for the Benefit of Exiled Writers photomechanical relief print 23 x 15.4 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1940 Bookplate for Edward W. Hickey 8.9 x 5.9 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1940 Bookplate for George Henry Corey 9.5 x 6.3 cm |
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| c1940 Moonlight, Winter oil on canvas 71.1 x 86.7 cm Whitney Museum of Modern Art, NYC |
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| c1940 Salamina ceramic plate with pewter holder10.2 cm diameter Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine |
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| 1941 8 December 1941 oil on canvas 109.2 x 180.3 cm © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1941 Big Inch lithograph 22.9 x 31.6 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1941 International Workers Order lithograph 29.2 x 37.5 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1941 Laying Pipe Section over a Bridge lithograph 32.4 x 24 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1941 Lowering Pipe Section onto a Truck lithograph 31.8 x 23.8 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1941 Lowering Pipe Section through a Building Platform lithograph 35.2 x 26.2 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1941 Night Flight chiaroscuro wood engraving 21.6 x 16.2 cm |
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| 1941 Nightmare lithograph 27.8 x 20.3 cm (image) |
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| 1941 South Sun Pipe Line lithograph 27.3 x 20.5 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1941 The Rapture of the Athlete oil on canvas 61 x 91.4 cm Private Collection |
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| 1941 Workmen Lowering Pipe Section into a Ditch lithograph 23.2 x 32.7 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1942 The Faller colour wood engraving 27.3 x 21.1 cm (image) The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio © Plattsburgh State Art Museum/Estate of Sally Kent Gordon |
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| 1942 The Mountains Wait by Theodor Broch illustrated by Rockwell Kent Webb Book Publishing Company, Saint Paul, Minn. |
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| 1942 The Mountains Wait by Theodor Broch Title page |
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| 1943 Country Gentleman magazine December issue |
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| 1943 Cover of Fraternal Outlook magazine brush and pen and ink, and lithographic crayon on laid paper 19.4 x 21.3 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1944 American Steel Industry: American Railroads brush, pen and ink, pencil and gouache on paper 32.4 x 42.5 cm |
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| 1944 Polar Expedition oil on canvas 86.4 x 111.8 cm |
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| c1944 Glory, Glory, Hallelujah brush, pen, black ink, and black crayon, touched with white on tracing paper 18.9 x 22.2 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1945 Adirondack Farm, Summer oil on canvas 71.8 x 86.3 cm |
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| 1945 Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Liberty lithograph on paper 35.5 x 22.5 cm (image) Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC |
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| 1945 It's Later Than You Think (Wake Up America) lithograph 33.5 x 24 cm |
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| 1945 Plantations in Sao Paulo watercolour and gouache on paper 22.9 x 29.2 cm |
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| 1945 View at Asgaard oil on canvas 50.8 x 61 cm |
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| 1945 Winter Evening gouache on paper 26.7 x 37.5 cm Private Collection |
1945-46 Bitumous Coal Institute series:
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| 1945 Endless Energy for Limitless Living, for the Bituminous Coal Institute oil on canvas 111.8 x 121.9 cm Dayton Art Institute, Ohio |
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| 1945 Lump of Coal, for the Bituminous Coal Institute oil on canvas University of Alabama |
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| c1945 Baker of the Bread of Abundance, for the Bituminous Coal Institute oil on canvas |
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| 1946 Generator of Jobs, for the Bituminous Coal Institute oil on canvas |
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| 1945 Power for the Wheels of Progress, for the Bituminous Coal Institute oil on canvas |
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| 1945 for the Bituminous Coal Institute oil on panel 25.4 x 30.5 cm Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| c1945-50 Asgaard Cornfield (Corn and Oats, Grey Day) oil on canvas White House collection / White House Historical Association |
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| c1945 Plantation in Sao Paulo, Brazil gouache and watercolour on paper 22.8 x 29.2 cm |
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| c1945 Plantation in Sao Paulo, Brazil gouache on paper 21 x 26.7 cm |
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| 1946 Adirondack Cabin lithograph 24.4 x 31.8 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1946 Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Liberty lithograph 35.2 x 25.4 cm |
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| 1946 Europe lithograph 34.9 x 24.8 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1946 Good-Bye Day lithograph 34.9 x 24.8 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| c1946 Weltschmertz lithograph 35.2 x 24.8 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1946 Heavy Heavy Hangs Over Thy Head lithograph 22.7 x 30.2 cm |
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| 1946-55 Adirondack View oil on panel 30.5 x 40.6 cm |
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| 1947 Bowden Hall, Cheshire School, The Cheshire Academy lithograph 27.6 x 37.8 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1948 Fire! lithograph 34.9 x 25.4 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1948 Sally on Horseback, Asgor oil on canvas laid down on plywood 86 x 112 cm The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow |
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| 1949 Save this Right Hand poster for The International Longshore and Warehouse Union |
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| 1949-53 Wreck of the D.T. Sheridan oil on canvas 69 x 121 cm The Portland Museum of Art, Maine |
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| 1950 Harbour, Monhegan oil on canvas 71.1 x 96.5 cm Private Collection |
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| 1950 Harvest Time (Fragment) cotton and rayon, float weave; photomechanically-etched roller printed 5.9 x 4.1 cm repeat Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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| 1950 Harvest Time cotton and rayon, float weave; photomechanically-etched roller printed |
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| 1950 Lone Rock and Sea oil on canvas 71.1 x 111.8 cm Art Museum Fansworth, Rockland, Maine |
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| 1950 Maine Headland, Evening oil on canvas 86.7 x 111.8 cm Private Collection |
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| 1950c Deer Season (Furnishing Fabric) produced by Bloomcraft, Inc., New York print on cotton and rayon fabric Repeat 54.5 x 54.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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