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Rockwell Kent

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Rockwell Kent (1882 - 1971) was active/lived in New York.  Rockwell Kent is known for Genre, illustrations, graphics, mural painting.

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 Growing up in a genteel family in New York City, Rockwell Kent was a member of the rugged realist school of landscape painters as well as a popular illustrator and printmaker.  His 1930 illustrations for Moby Dick are among his most lasting achievements.  He was the first American artist to have work exhibited in the Soviet Union, a reflection of his Communist Party sympathies, which earned him the Lenin Peace Prize in 1967.  This espousal of radical politics caused his career to suffer badly in the '50s because his leftist views caused him disdain among many Americans.  However, his work, reflecting both realism and modernism, has earned increasing attention from American art historians.

His subject matter is wide-ranging including scenes of Maine's Monhegan Island, the Adirondack Mountains, book illustrations, and commercial art renderings for companies including General Electric, Rolls Royce, and Westinghouse.   Although his first love wa   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 34101 characters.]  Artist bio

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Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for Rockwell Kent available:    Marsden Hartley,  John Marin,  Reginald Marsh,  Edward Hopper,  Childe Hassam,  Walt Francis (Walter) Kuhn,  Charles Burchfield,  Leon Kroll,  George Bellows,  Thomas Hart Benton,  Milton Clark Avery,  George Benjamin Luks,  Robert (Henry Cozad) Henri,  Alfred Maurer,  Winslow Homer,  John French Sloan,  Maurice Brazil Prendergast,  Ernest Lawson,  William James Glackens,  Arthur Bowen Davies,  William Merritt Chase,  Willard Leroy Metcalf,  John Frederick Kensett,  Stuart Davis



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Keywords and Quick Facts for Rockwell Kent


   Keywords 
Exhibition By An Art School
  • The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Art Method
  • Easel Painting
  • Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
  • Illustration, Illustrator
  • Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
  • Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art MediaArt StyleArt SubjectGeography/Places Lived and/or Worked
  • Adirondack Mountains
  • Alaska Before 1940
  • Cape Ann, Massachusetts: Gloucester, Rockport, North Shore
  • Hudson River Valley, New York
  • Monhegan Island, Maine
  • Pacific Northwest Before 1900
Art Association
  • National Academy of Design, Elected Member
  • Society of Illustrators-
  • Society of Independent Artists-
  • Woodstock Art Association, New York
Art Teacher
  • Robert Henri
  • William Merritt Chase
Art School
  • Art Students League of New York, Teacher
  • Columbia University Art Department, Student
  • New York School of Art, Chase School, Student
  • Shinnecock Summer School, Student
Chronology
  • Early 20th Century Before 1950
  • Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
  • Daniel J Terra Collection
  • John & Dolores Beck Collection
Added Description
  • Art Educator: Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
  • Genre Specialty
  • Illustration Specialty
  • LIFE Magazine Featured Artist
  • Mural Specialty
  • Printmaking Specialty
  • Snowscene Specialty
  • WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
  • Grand Central Art Galleries, New York City
  • Stendahl Galleries, Los Angeles
  • Weyhe Gallery, New York City
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/InternationalExhibition of Art Association
  • National Academy of Design, New York
  • Society of Illustrators
  • Society of Independent Artists--
Exhibition of Museum
  • Art Institute of Chicago
  • Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
  • Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art

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