I've always loved Kent's wonderful - bold, mystical, brooding, perverse - black and white book illustrations, but I was surprised recently to discover - rediscover? - his remarkable paintings... my god, the color! Printmaker, illustrator, writer, adventurer - radical, philanderer - apparently he considered himself first and foremost a painter. I think these paintings corroborate that designation brilliantly. Killer Whales in Resurrection Bay, Alaska, 1919. Adirondack View, 1928-30. Dan Ward's Stack, Ireland, 1927. Seal Hunter, North Greenland, 1933. From Palmer Hill, 1946. Asgaard Farm, circa 1948. Untitled/unknown title, 1932-33. Sun, Mañana, Monhegan, 1907. Afternoon on the Sea, Monhegan, 1907. Tierra Del Fuego, South America (Dome Mountain), circa 1922. Salmon Waters, Ireland, 1926-27. Late Afternoon, Monhegan Island, 1906-07. December Eighth, 1941, 1941. Alaska Impression, 1919. (I haven't been able to find a title or date for this painting.) May, North Greenland, 1935-37. Cloudy day, Fjord in Northern Greenland, 1933. Monhegan, circa 1948. Summer Day, Asgaard, 1950. Lobster Catcher, 1955. Early November, North Greenland, 1933. Peace and Freedom, Maine Coast, 1909. Greenland Tryst, 1929. Young Spruce, The Coast of Maine, 1957. Toilers of the Sea, 1907. Valley of Vermont, 1921. Sturrall, Donegal, Ireland, 1926-1927. A Village on the Island, Maine Coast, 1909. Moonlight, Winter, circa 1940. Squall, Greenland, circa 1933-37. Sun Glare, Alaska, 1919.
I've always loved Kent's wonderful - bold, mystical, brooding, perverse - black and white book illustrations, but I was surprised recently to discover - rediscover? - his remarkable paintings... my god, the color! Printmaker, illustrator, writer, adventurer - radical, philanderer - apparently he considered himself first and foremost a painter. I think these paintings corroborate that designation brilliantly. Killer Whales in Resurrection Bay, Alaska, 1919. Adirondack View, 1928-30. Dan Ward's Stack, Ireland, 1927. Seal Hunter, North Greenland, 1933. From Palmer Hill, 1946. Asgaard Farm, circa 1948. Untitled/unknown title, 1932-33. Sun, Mañana, Monhegan, 1907. Afternoon on the Sea, Monhegan, 1907. Tierra Del Fuego, South America (Dome Mountain), circa 1922. Salmon Waters, Ireland, 1926-27. Late Afternoon, Monhegan Island, 1906-07. December Eighth, 1941, 1941. Alaska Impression, 1919. (I haven't been able to find a title or date for this painting.) May, North Greenland, 1935-37. Cloudy day, Fjord in Northern Greenland, 1933. Monhegan, circa 1948. Summer Day, Asgaard, 1950. Lobster Catcher, 1955. Early November, North Greenland, 1933. Peace and Freedom, Maine Coast, 1909. Greenland Tryst, 1929. Young Spruce, The Coast of Maine, 1957. Toilers of the Sea, 1907. Valley of Vermont, 1921. Sturrall, Donegal, Ireland, 1926-1927. A Village on the Island, Maine Coast, 1909. Moonlight, Winter, circa 1940. Squall, Greenland, circa 1933-37. Sun Glare, Alaska, 1919.
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I've always loved Kent's wonderful - bold, mystical, brooding, perverse - black and white book illustrations, but I was surprised recently to discover - rediscover? - his remarkable paintings... my god, the color! Printmaker, illustrator, writer, adventurer - radical, philanderer - apparently he considered himself first and foremost a painter. I think these paintings corroborate that designation brilliantly. Killer Whales in Resurrection Bay, Alaska, 1919. Adirondack View, 1928-30. Dan Ward's Stack, Ireland, 1927. Seal Hunter, North Greenland, 1933. From Palmer Hill, 1946. Asgaard Farm, circa 1948. Untitled/unknown title, 1932-33. Sun, Mañana, Monhegan, 1907. Afternoon on the Sea, Monhegan, 1907. Tierra Del Fuego, South America (Dome Mountain), circa 1922. Salmon Waters, Ireland, 1926-27. Late Afternoon, Monhegan Island, 1906-07. December Eighth, 1941, 1941. Alaska Impression, 1919. (I haven't been able to find a title or date for this painting.) May, North Greenland, 1935-37. Cloudy day, Fjord in Northern Greenland, 1933. Monhegan, circa 1948. Summer Day, Asgaard, 1950. Lobster Catcher, 1955. Early November, North Greenland, 1933. Peace and Freedom, Maine Coast, 1909. Greenland Tryst, 1929. Young Spruce, The Coast of Maine, 1957. Toilers of the Sea, 1907. Valley of Vermont, 1921. Sturrall, Donegal, Ireland, 1926-1927. A Village on the Island, Maine Coast, 1909. Moonlight, Winter, circa 1940. Squall, Greenland, circa 1933-37. Sun Glare, Alaska, 1919.
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 & 2 also. This is part 3 of a 16-part series on the works of Rockwell Kent: 1918-19 Running Water brush and black ink, with scraping, over graphite, on ivory card 24 x 19 cm Art Institute of Chicago, IL 1918-19 (and later reworking) To God oil on canvas laid down on board 86.4 x 71.1 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA 1918-19 To God brush and ink on off-white wove paper 17.5 x 21.9 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA c1918-19 Landscape with Trees and Mountains brush and black ink, scraping tool on off-white watercolour paper 18.3 x 13.2 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA c1918 Angel oil on glass 19 x 24.4 cm Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio c1918 Maid and Bird oil on glass 24.4 x 18.7 cm Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio 1919 Alaska Drawings: 1919 Alaska Drawings of Rockwell Kent photomechanical metal relief print with letterpress text 22.2 x 17.6 cm © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York 1919 Alaska Impression oil on panel 29.9 x 40.6 cm 1919 Alaska Impression oil on panel 30.2 x 40.3 cm 1919 Alaska Impression oil on panel 30.2 x 40.6 cm 1919 Alaska Impression oil on panel 30.5 x 35.6 cm Private Collection 1919 Alaska Impression oil on panel 30.5 x 35.6 cm 1919 Alaska Impression oil on panel 30.5 x 40.6 cm 1919 Alaska oil on panel 30.5 x 33 cm Private Collection 1919 Alaska, Experience oil on panel 30.5 x 35.6 cm Private Collection 1919 Alaskan Sunrise oil on canvas 71.1 x 111.7 cm Museum of Art of Ogunquit, Maine 1919 Bear Glacier oil on canvas 87.2 x 112.7 cm The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas 1919 Bluebird wood engraving 14.6 x 17.5 cm 1919 Bookplate for Stephen Morgan Etnier print on paper 9.2 x 7 cm Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine 1919 Evening Star brush, pen, and black ink, traces of graphite on off-white wove paper 5.1 x 12.7 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA 1919 In the Wild oil on canvas 71.4 x 86.4 cm American Museum of Western Art, Denver, CO 1919 Killer Whales in Resurrection Bay, Alaska oil on panel 30.5 x 40.6 cm 1919 North Wind oil on canvas laid down on panel 10.7 x 86.7 cm The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC 1919 Over Resurrection Bay, Alaska, Blue and Gold oil on panel 30.5 x 40.3 cm Museum of art the Bowdoin College, Brunswick 1919 Pioneers (or Into the Sun) oil on canvas 71.1 x 112.4 cm Museum of art the Bowdoin College, Brunswick 1919 Sunglare, Alaska oil on canvas laid down on plywood 72 x 112 cm The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia 1919 The Alaska Ice oil on panel 30.5 x 40.6 cm Private Collection 1919 from "Twelve Prints by Contemporary American Artists" woodcut 48.3 x 35.6 cm c1919-20 Nude Male Figure and Wing Compass brush, pen, and black ink on off-white wove paper 12.1 x 8.3 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA 1919-27 Alaska oil on canvas 71.2 x 86.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, IL 1920 Alaska Impression oil on panel 20.3 x 25.3 cm Private Collection 1920 Bookplate for Katherine Abbott relief print 4.6 x 3.7 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA 1920 Bookplate for William A. Kittredge monochrome engraving 6.3 x 6.3 cm University of Delaware Library William Augustus Brewer Bookplate Collection 1920 Father and Son lithograph 19 x 13 cm The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio © Plattsburgh State Art Museum / Estate of Sally Kent Gordon 1920 Father and Son Saw Cutting Wood wood engraving 11 x 16 cm 1920 Man Shooting an Arrow wood engraving 10.3 x 7.3 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA 1920 Man under a Waterfall wood engraving 7.1 x 3.5 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA 1920 "Still the Breath Divine Does Move, and the Breath Divine is Love" holiday card relief print brush and pen and black ink over traces of graphite on cream wove paper 20.6 x 13.7 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA 1920 Wilderness: A Journal of Quiet Adventure in Alaska by Rockwell Kent published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York: Hard Cover End Papers End Paper 1 End Paper 2 Frontispiece Home Building The Snow Queen Superman Wilderness Woman Foreboding 1920 The Cabin Window 1920 The Sleeper published in Kent's Alaska journal "Wilderness." 1920 Woman graphite on tracing paper 15.2 x 14.3 cm 1927 Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA 1920 Woman photomechanical reproduction 14.6 x 14 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA Wilderness (details not found) Fox Island, Resurrection Bay, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska I Am Pelagic Reverie Unknown Waters brush and ink on off-white watercolour paper 16.8 x 24.4 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA The Star Lighter
Two art collections collide at the Hyde museum this April, highlighted by a number of seldom-seen works. The pair of exhibits celebrate the work of American painter, printmaker and illustrator Rockwell Kent (1882-1971).
“These are the times in life — when nothing happens — but in quietness the soul expands.”
My first glimpse of Rockwell Kent’s art was on a dinner plate: Salamina. My family had a set, and they were my favorite dishes when I was a child. Kent (1882-1971) was a famous artist and boo…
I've always loved Kent's wonderful - bold, mystical, brooding, perverse - black and white book illustrations, but I was surprised recent...
My first glimpse of Rockwell Kent’s art was on a dinner plate: Salamina. My family had a set, and they were my favorite dishes when I was a child. Kent (1882-1971) was a famous artist and boo…
I've always loved Kent's wonderful - bold, mystical, brooding, perverse - black and white book illustrations, but I was surprised recently to discover - rediscover? - his remarkable paintings... my god, the color! Printmaker, illustrator, writer, adventurer - radical, philanderer - apparently he considered himself first and foremost a painter. I think these paintings corroborate that designation brilliantly. Killer Whales in Resurrection Bay, Alaska, 1919. Adirondack View, 1928-30. Dan Ward's Stack, Ireland, 1927. Seal Hunter, North Greenland, 1933. From Palmer Hill, 1946. Asgaard Farm, circa 1948. Untitled/unknown title, 1932-33. Sun, Mañana, Monhegan, 1907. Afternoon on the Sea, Monhegan, 1907. Tierra Del Fuego, South America (Dome Mountain), circa 1922. Salmon Waters, Ireland, 1926-27. Late Afternoon, Monhegan Island, 1906-07. December Eighth, 1941, 1941. Alaska Impression, 1919. (I haven't been able to find a title or date for this painting.) May, North Greenland, 1935-37. Cloudy day, Fjord in Northern Greenland, 1933. Monhegan, circa 1948. Summer Day, Asgaard, 1950. Lobster Catcher, 1955. Early November, North Greenland, 1933. Peace and Freedom, Maine Coast, 1909. Greenland Tryst, 1929. Young Spruce, The Coast of Maine, 1957. Toilers of the Sea, 1907. Valley of Vermont, 1921. Sturrall, Donegal, Ireland, 1926-1927. A Village on the Island, Maine Coast, 1909. Moonlight, Winter, circa 1940. Squall, Greenland, circa 1933-37. Sun Glare, Alaska, 1919.
“These are the times in life — when nothing happens — but in quietness the soul expands.”
These exquisite prints are plates taken from a rare 1930 copy of "N by E" by Rockwell Kent. Rockwell Kent (June 21, 1882 – March 13, 1971) was an American painter, printmaker, illustrator, writer, sailor, adventurer and voyager. His striking monochrome prints are timelessly beautiful, with intricate detail. They would look gorgeous framed on any wall or be a great gift. It must be noted that these are genuine vintage prints so may have signs of age or wear (slight discolouration, marking, minor creasing etc). At Eiyla Rose we think it adds to the charm! This print is in fantastic condition however, and the image is clear and bright, printed on vintage matte paper. Your print will be wrapped in acid free tissue paper and delivered to you in a hardback envelope. Enjoy!
Rockwell Kent (21 iunie 1882–13 martie 1971)a fost un pictor, ilustrator si scriitor american.Rockwell Kent s-a nascut in Tarrytown, New York, de unde s-a mutat pe la mijlocul anilor `40 intro gosp…
