- Rockwell Kent (June 21, 1882 – March 13, 1971) was an American painter, printmaker, illustrator, writer, sailor, adventurer and voyager. Biography.
- Rockwell Kent lived in the XIX – XX cent., a remarkable figure of American Modernism and Regionalism.
- Rockwell Kent was born in Tarrytown, New York, the same year as fellow American artists George Bellows and Edward Hopper.
- In this work, Rockwell Kent painted a real place, the towering mountain on Karrat Island in Greenland, where he made three trips during his lifetime.
- He was the first of three children, born to George Rockwell Kent (1853-1887) and Sara Ann Holgate Kent (1854-1947).
- Kent illustrated books for a number of contemporary writers, as well as an autobiography, It’s Me, O Lord (1955), and works by Chaucer , Shakespeare , and Melville .
- In Rockwell Kent's multifaceted career as an artist, he explored and excelled at painting, illustration, writing, printmaking, and design, all of which were bound by his...
- Rockwell Kent’s obituary described him as “lean and sinewy” and “prematurely bald,” with a “long, square-jawed face...
- One of America's finest painters, Rockwell Kent pursued a life of art and culture.
- The purpose of this project is to create a comprehensive illustrated checklist of all authentic Rockwell Kent paintings inspired by the artist’s Alaska...
