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 - 9 also. This is part 10 of a 16-part series on the works of Rockwell Kent:
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| 1930 N by E published by New York Literary Guild cover |
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| 1930 N by E "The Lookout" wood engraving 20.1 x 14 cm |
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| 1930 N by E Frontispiece |
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| 1930 N by E Title Page |
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| 1930 N by E woodcut illustration |
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| 1930 N by E woodcut illustration |
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| 1930 N by E woodcut illustration |
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| 1930 N by E woodcut illustration |
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| 1930 N by E woodcut illustration |
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| 1931 edition N by E |
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| 1931 Venus & Adonis by William Shakespeare Cover |
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| 1931 Venus & Adonis by William Shakespeare Title Page |
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| 1931 Venus & Adonis by William Shakespeare |
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| 1931 Venus & Adonis by William Shakespeare |
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| 1931 Venus & Adonis by William Shakespeare |
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| 1931 Venus & Adonis by William Skakespeare Preparatory Sketch |
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| 1931 Venus & Adonis by William Skakespeare studies brush, pen and ink, red gouache on off-white wove paper 12.5 x 8.1 cm Philadelphia Musem of Art, PA |
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| 1931 Venus & Adonis by William Skakespeare study graphite on off-white wove paper 8.1 x 13.7 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA |
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| 1931 Venus & Adonis by William Skakespeare study graphite on tracing paper 11.9 x 15.9 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA |
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| 1931 Venus & Adonis by William Skakespeare study graphite on off-white wove paper 8.1 x 13.7 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA 1931-32 Beowulf published by Random House printed by George C. Miller |
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| 1931 Beowulf and Grendel's Mother lithograph 34.3 x 25.4 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1931 Beowulf and the Dragon stone lithograph 34 x 24.5 cm (image) |
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| 1931 Beowulf lithograph on paper 30.8 x 22.9 cm |
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| 1931 Beowulf lithograph on paper 35.3 x 26.7 cm (image) Smithsonian American Art Museum |
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| 1931 Colophon lithograph 9.2 cm diameter Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1931 Funeral Pyre lithograph 34.6 x 26 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1931 Hand Holding Sword lithograph 18.7 x 18.3 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA -------------------------------------------------------- |
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| 1931 The Bather wood engraving on paper 13.7 x 20.1 cm Smithsonian American Art Museum |
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| 1931 Sermilik Fjord colour lithograph 33.3 x 47.6 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1931 Seated Nude lithograph 21 x 19.1 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1931 Sea and Sky woodcut on paper 25.4 x 16.8 cm |
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| 1931 Prometheus Unchained lithograph The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio © Plattsburgh State Art Museum / Estate of Sally Kent Gordon |
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| 1931 Prometheus engraving on paper 10 x 7.1 cm Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC |
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| 1931 Oarsman wood engraving on paper 13.8 x 17.7 cm Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC |
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| 1931 Oarsman: Study for the wood engraving brush, pen, and black ink, graphite on off-white wove paper 14 x 17.6 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1931-32 Godspeed wood engraving 13.7 x 17.6 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York |
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| 1932 A Funeral Procession, Western Greenland oil on canvas laid down on plywood 71.6 x 122.5 cm The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow |
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| 1932 Eternal Rest, North Greenland oil on canvas laid down on plywood 86 x 111 cm The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia |
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| 1932 Fiord in Northern Greenland, Autumn oil on canvas laid down on plywood 86.5 x 111.5 cm The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow |
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| 1932 Greenland Air Mail wood engraving 4.1 x 3.2 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1932 Greenland Swimmer ink on Arches paper 15.9 x 19.1 cm |
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| 1932 Greenlanders, near Godhavn oil on canvas 72 x 87 cm The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia |
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| 1932 Helena watercolour over traces of graphite 25.4 x 35.6 cm |
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| 1932 (or before) Houses, Monhegan Island, Maine oil on panel 12.2 x 15.9 cm |
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| 1932 The Far Horizon wood engraving 14 x 16.4 cm |
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| 1932 The Frozen Fiord, North Greenland oil on canvas laid down on plywood 87 x 112 cm The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow |
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| 1932 View of Scandinavia lithograph 34 x 25.2 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1932 Women's Work oil on canvas laid down on plywood 86 x 111 cm The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia |
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| 1932-33 Abandoned House, Greenland (Refuge Hut) oil on canvas laid down on panel 71.1 x 86.4 cm |
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| 1932-33 Cloudy Day, Fjord in Northern Greenland oil on canvas 86 x 112 cm The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia |
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| 1932-33 March, Greenland oil on canvas mounted on board 86.3 x 111.7 cm Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA |
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| 1932-33 Spring Thaw, Greenland oil on canvas 87 x 111.8 cm |
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| c1932-33 Ice, Sea and Rock oil on canvas 66 x 199.4 cm |
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| c1932-35 Greenland pencil and watercolour on paper 29.3 x 37.5 cm |
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| 1933 Advertisement for R.R. Donnelly & Sons Printers lithograph 29.8 x 23.2 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA |
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| 1933 Big Baby (Greenland Mother) wood engraving 11.4 x 15.2 cm (image) |
