Rockwell KentVerenigde Staten, 1882–1971French Alps
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Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, Verenigde Staten
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Rockwell Kent studied painting with Robert Henri, alongside such figures as George Bellows and Edward Hopper. However, he is best known today for his prints and book illustrations. This watercolor was made in June of 1925, when Kent escaped from conflicts at home by sailing for France and summering in the French Alps. That summer he divorced his first wife and also broke off an engagement to another woman, who married another man instead. Despite this background of romantic turbulence, his landscapes from this period are wonderfully serene in spirit.
Cleveland Museum of Art
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- 1926.15
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- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Afbeelding: Cleveland Museum of Art — © Courtesy of Plattsburgh State Art Museum/Estate of Sally Kent Gordon.
Intussen, in het leven van Rockwell Kent
Het hele leven1922–1923
Voyage to Tierra del Fuego
He made a voyage to Tierra del Fuego; his recollections of the expedition formed the book Voyaging Southward from the Strait of Magellan (1924).
1925
Logo for Viking Press
He designed the logo for the New York publishing house Viking Press.
1926
Journey to Ireland
He traveled to Ireland, where he lived and worked for extended periods.
1926–1930
Illustrations for "Moby-Dick"
The publisher R. R. Donnelley offered Kent Dana's Two Years Before the Mast to illustrate, but the artist chose Melville's Moby-Dick instead. The three-volume limited edition of 1930 with his pen drawings (1,000 copies) sold out instantly; Random House issued a trade edition.
1927
Asgaard Farm in the Adirondacks
He moved to upstate New York, buying a farm in the Adirondack Mountains that he named Asgaard; it remained his home and studio for the rest of his life.
