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 - 15 also. This is part 16 of a 16-part series on the works of Rockwell Kent:
Note: Dates were not found for the remainder of works (apart from a few bookplates) in this series so will inevitably date from various periods:
Bookplates (Ex Libris):
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| 1900 Bookplate for Frank H. Whitmore monochrome engraving 8 x 8 cm University of Delaware |
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| 1920 Bookplate for Katharine Brush monochrome etching 6.1 x 9.3 cm University of Delaware Library, Newark, DE |
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| 1933 Bookplate for George Norton Northrop woodcut |
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| Bookplate for Art of America |
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| Bookplate for Bangor Public Library print on paper 10.1 x 7.6 cm Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine |
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| Bookplate for Elbridge Hadley Stuart, the son of the founder of The Carnation ( Milk) Company |
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| Bookplate for Elizabeth Diamond printed on silk thread paper 25.5 x 20.3 cm |
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| Ex Libris for Erle Stanley Gardner woodcut |
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| Bookplate for Erle Stanley Gardner woodcut |
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| Bookplate for Frank H. Whitmore monochrome engraving 8 x 8 cm University of Delaware Library |
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| Bookplate for Gardner E. Bostedo |
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| Bookplate for Leo Hart, a printer in Rochester, NY |
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| Bookplate for Stephen Morgan Etnier |
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| Mass-market bookplate |
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| Bookplate print on paper 7.7. x 5 cm Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine |
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| Bookplate woodcut design mass produced by lithography |
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| Bookplate, generic design |
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| Ex Libris for Chicago Latin School |
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| Ex Libris for Elizabeth Babbott |
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| Book Plate Design for Nathan G. Horwitt ink on paper 13.9 x 11.4 cm Five Colleges and Historic Deerfield Museum Consortium, MA |
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| Book Plate Design for Nathan G. Horwitt ink on paper 16.5 x 8.5 cm Five Colleges and Historic Deerfield Museum Consortium, MA |
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| Bowsprit wood engraving The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio © Plattsburgh State Art Museum/Estate of Sally Kent Gordon |
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| Bringing Home the Christmas Tree lithograph 30.5 x 21.6 cm The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio © Plattsburgh State Art Museum / Estate of Sally Kent Gordon |
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| Child and Star wood engraving The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio © Plattsburgh State Art Museum / Estate of Sally Kent Gordon |
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| Forest Pool wood engraving The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio © Plattsburgh State Art Museum/Estate of Sally Kent Gordon |
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| Fugitives pen and brush and black ink The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio © Plattsburgh State Art Museum/Estate of Sally Kent Gordon |
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| Lying in the Flames woodcut on paper 20.3 x 14 cm |
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| Moby Dick black ink with pen and graphite on paper 9.5 x 18 cm (image) Five Colleges and Historic Deerfield Museum Consortium, MA |
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| Monte Darwin, Tierra del Fueo, Chile |
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| Mountain Landscape oil on canvas 45.7 x 76.2 cm |
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| Asgaard Farm oil on board 30.5 x 40 cm |
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| Bacchus tempera and pencil on board 61.6 x 33 cm |
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| Christmas Card photomechaniacal relief print 14 x 7.9 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| Couple on a Ship, for College Humor magazine ink on paper 29.8 x 22.2 cm |
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| Cowboy Sitting on Fence brush and black ink, traces of graphite on off-white wove paper 10.2 x 12.7 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| Eagle brush and black ink, touched with white on off-white wove paper 4.8 x 5.1 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| Figure of a Nude Man with Halo photo-etching of original drawing 12.2 x 17.7 cm (image) Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA |
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| Girl Jumping a Rope oil on board 94 x 68.6 cm |
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| n.d. Indian, study for a cover illustration for "Adventure" magazine watercolour and ink, with pencil under drawing, on card 28.9 x 21.3 cm |
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| Mask pen and black ink on off-white card 5.2 x 5.2 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| Men around a Campfire brush, pen, and black ink, touched with white on off-white wove paper 5.2 cm diameter Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| Monhegan Island oil on canvas-board 30.5 x 40.6 cm |
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| Moonlight, Maritime Alps oil on canvas 71.1 x 86.7 cm The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC |
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| Nude Male Figure with Bird brush, pen, and black ink on off-white wove paper 6 x 6.2 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| Rocky Coast, Monhegan Island, Maine oil on board 25.4 x 30.5 cm |
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| She Learns about the Devil pen and black ink on buff card 7.1 x 4.9 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| Skaters oil on canvas |
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| Tranquility pen and ink on paper 11.4 x 6.3 cm Five Colleges and Historic Deerfield Museum Consortium, MA |
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| Winged Figure over Mountain Landscape pen and ink on paper 40.2 x 21.4 cm Five Colleges and Historic Deerfield Museum Consortium, MA |
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| Wooded Landscape brush, pen and ink on off-white wove paper 5.4 x 4.4 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| Yendegaia Bay black ink on paper laid down on board 18 x 23 cm |
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| River Azopardo River oil on canvas 86.7 x 111.7 cm The Phillips Collection, Washington |
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| Self-Portrait offset lithograph 21.3 x 13.9 cm Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA |
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| The Death of the Deer, Adirondack oil on canvas laid down on hardboard 87 x 105 cm The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow |
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| The Full Pitcher colour woodcut 34.9 x 27.9 cm Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine |
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| The Precipice wood engraving The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio © Plattsburgh State Art Museum/Estate of Sally Kent Gordon |
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| Tierra del Fuego, South America (Dome Mountain) oil on canvas 86.4 x 110.8 cm |
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| Train Tunnel woodcut on off-white wove paper 6.1 x 11.7 cm Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, PA |
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