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 - 6 also.
This is part 7 of a 16-part series on the works of Rockwell Kent:
1928 Candide by Voltaire
published by Random House, New York
pen and ink illustrations:
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| 1928 Flame wood engraving on wove paper 20.5 x 14.1 cm (image) The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio © Plattsburgh State Art Museum/Estate of Sally Kent Gordon |
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| 1928 J.C. Cowdin Dinner Invitation colour lithograph 15.2 x 10.2 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1928 Memory chiaroscuro lithograph 37.2 x 48.9 cm |
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| 1928 Pasture Gate lithograph The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio © Plattsburgh State Art Museum/Estate of Sally Kent Gordon |
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| 1928 Revisitation lithograph 21.6 x 34.7 cm (image) Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA |
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| 1928 Roof Tree lithograph The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio © Plattsburgh State Art Museum/Estate of Sally Kent Gordon |
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| 1928 Seated Figure brush, pen, and black ink, traces of graphite on off-white wove paper 10.2 x 10.2 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1928 Sermilik Fiord, Greenland oil on canvas laid down on panel 50.8 x 61 cm Private Collection |
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| 1928 The Lovers wood engraving on paper 16.7 x 25.6 cm Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC |
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| 1928 The Tree lithograph The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio © Plattsburgh State Art Museum/Estate of Sally Kent Gordon |
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| 1928 Top lithograph on paper 30.5 x 18.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA |
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| 1928 Waldo Pierce transfer lithograph on zinc 24.8 x 18.7 cm (image) |
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| 1928 Woman Gathering Fruit brush, pen and ink on off-white card 9.5 x 9.5 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| c1928 Bookplate for George Milburn relief print 8.7 x 5.1 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1929 Almost wood engraving 13.7 x 8.6 cm (image) Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA |
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| 1929 Boatman lithograph 34.9 x 25.4 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1929 Bookplate for J.B. Neumann relief print 9 x 6.2 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1929 Christian Graves oil on canvas 72 x 77 cm The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia |
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| 1929 Convalescent (photomechanical reproduction of brush drawing) 39.1 x 29.3 cm Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA |
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| 1929 Greenland Tryst oil on canvas 86 x 112 cm |
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| 1929 Man at Mast wood engraving The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio © Plattsburgh State Art Museum / Estate of Sally Kent Gordon |
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| 1929 Man with Plough woodcut on paper 6.1 x 11.7 cm (image) Five Colleges and Historic Deerfield Museum Consortium, MA |
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| 1929 Meditation lithograph 26.7 x 18.7 cm (image) The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio © Plattsburgh State Art Museum / Estate of Sally Kent Gordon |
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| 1929 Mountain reflecting in the Water, South Greenland oil on canvas laid down on plywood 86 x 115 cm |
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| 1929 Night Watch study graphite on off-white wove paper 21.4 x 15.1 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1929 Night Watch wood engraving 20 x 13.8 cm (image) The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio © Plattsburgh State Art Museum / Estate of Sally Kent Gordon |
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| 1929 Portrait of T. M. Cleland lithograph 24.8 x 17.8 (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1929 Resting lithograph The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio © Plattsburgh State Art Museum / Estate of Sally Kent Gordon |
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| 1929 Steel Plant woodcut on paper 6.2 x 11.8 cm Five Colleges and Historic Deerfield Museum Consortium, MA |
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| 1929 The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder front hard cover |
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| 1929 The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder back hard cover |
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| 1929 The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder |
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| 1929 The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder paperback cover |
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| 1929 The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder paperback title page |
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| 1929 The Evening lithograph on paper 35.3 x 26.9 cm Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1929 Waiting Dating oil on canvas 86 x 112 cm The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia |
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| 1929-30 Concrete Bridge woodcut on off-white wove paper 6.3 x 11.9 cm Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, PA |
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| 1929-30 Dynamos woodcut on off-white wove paper 6.3 x 11.9 cm Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, PA |
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| 1929-30 Foundry woodcut on off-white wove paper 6.1 x 11.9 cm Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, PA |
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| 1929-30 Grain Elevators woodcut on off-white wove paper 6.1 x 11.7 cm Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, PA |
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| 1929-30 Negro woodcut on off-white wove paper 6.1 x 11.5 cm Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, PA |
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| 1929-30 Steel Plant woodcut on off-white wove paper 6.1 x 11.7 cm Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, PA |
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| 1929-30 Storm woodcut on off-white wove paper 6.1 x 11.9 cm Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, PA |
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| 1929-30 Two Locomotives woodcut on off-white wove paper 6.3 x 11.9 cm Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, PA |
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| 1929-30 Two Ships woodcut on off-white wove paper 6.1 x 11.9 cm Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, PA |
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| 1929-30 Waterfall and Bridge woodcut on off-white wove paper 6.3 x 11.7 cm Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, PA |
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| 1929-30 Woodchoppers woodcut on off-white wove paper 6.1 x 11.7 cm Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, PA |
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| c1929 Bookplate for Charles and Rosamond Denby relief print 10 x 7.5 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| c1929 Bookplate for Edward Price Ehrich 7 x 5.4 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, US |
