Rockwell Kent
Rockwell Kent
19th-20th century American painter and illustrator
(Tarrytown, New York, 7/21/1882 - 3/13/1971, Sable Forks, New York)
Born 7/21/1882 in Tarrytown, New York. Died 3/13/1971 in Sable Forks, NY. Studied at Columbia with William Merritt Chase, Roboert Henri, Abbott Thayer (mural in Rotunda of Bowdoin College Museum of Art). WPA artist; illustrator of various books, including Moby Dick, Canterbury Tales, etc.
Kent was trained as an architectural draftsman and studied architecture at Columbia University. He is best known for his illustrations of adventure stories, such as Melville's "Moby Dick," and his landscapes of remote places, such as Alaska, Tierra del Fuego, and Greenland. He favored a precise rendering of forms, with strong contrasts of light and dark.
108 objects
n.d.
wood engraving on paper
1957.114
1919
oil on canvas
Gift of Mrs. Charles F. Chillingworth
1957.126
1907
oil on canvas
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.73
1915
oil on panel
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.74
1919
oil on panel
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.75
ca. 1927
oil on board
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.76
ca. 1932-1935
oil on canvas mounted on panel
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.77
1939
oil on canvas
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.78
1927
watercolor over graphite on off-white wove paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.1
ca. 1926
watercolor over graphite on off-white wove paper (watercolor paper)
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.2
ca. 1932
watercolor over graphite on off-white wove paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.3
ca. 1932
watercolor over graphite on off-white wove paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.4
ca. 1932
watercolor on off-white wove paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.5
ca. 1932
watercolor and gouache on off-white wove paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.6
1928
brush and ink, ink wash on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.7
ca. 1942
gouache, brush, pen & black ink and graphite on off-white laid paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.8
ca. 1903
ink, wash on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.9
ca. 1907
ink, wash on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.10
ca. 1907
brush and ink, ink on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.11
ca. 1910
graphite on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.12
ca. 1910
graphite, crayon on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.13
1910
brush and ink, ink on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.14
1910
brush and ink, ink on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.15
ca. 1915
pen and ink on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.16
ca. 1915
pen and ink on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.17
1912
pen and ink on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.18
1882-1971
graphite, chalk on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.19
1920-1930?
graphite on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.20
1920-1930?
graphite on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.21
1922
charcoal on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.22
1922
graphite on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.23
1922
graphite on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.24
1922
pen and ink on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.25
1922
graphite on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.26
1922
graphite on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.27
1922
graphite on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.28
1922
graphite on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.29
1922
watercolor on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.30
1922
graphite on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.31
1922
graphite on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.32.a&b
1922
graphite on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.33
1922
graphite on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.34
1922
graphite on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.35
1922
graphite on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.36
1922
brush and ink, graphite on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.37
1922
brush and ink on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.38
ca. 1914-1915
pen and ink on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.39
ca. 1914
brush, pen & black ink, watercolor and traces of graphite on off-white wove paper mounted on cardboard
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.40
ca. 1914
collage, ink on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.42
1882-1971
ink on board
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.43
ca. 1920
pen and ink on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.44
ca. 1920
pen and ink on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.45
ca. 1920
pen and ink on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.46
ca. 1920
pen and ink on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.47
ca. 1920
pen and ink on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.48
1882-1971
brush and ink on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.49
ca. 1940
brush and ink, graphite on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.50
1882-1971
pen and ink on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.51
ca. 1927
brush and ink on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.52
ca. 1930
brush and ink on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.53
ca. 1940
brush and ink on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.54
ca. 1940
pen and ink on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.55
1882-1971
pen and ink, brush and ink on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.56
ca. 1932
pen and ink on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.57
n.d.
brush and ink on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.58
n.d.
brush and ink on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.59
n.d.
pen and ink on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.60
1931
graphite on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.61
ca. 1931
graphite on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.62
1882-1971
graphite on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.63
1882-1971
graphite on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.64
ca. 1903
ink on paper
Museum Purchase, Elizabeth B. G. Hamlin Fund
1972.37
1930
printed fabric on linen
Gift of Dan Burne Jones
1972.59.1
1930
printed fabric on linen
Gift of Dan Burne Jones
1972.59.2
n.d.
ink on paper
Gift of Dan Burne Jones
1973.12
1928
lithograph on paper
Gift of David P. Becker, Class of 1970
1975.12
1949
wood engraving on paper
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Burne Jones
1979.24
1928
wood engraving on paper
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Burne Jones
1979.25
1931
chromolithograph on paper
Gift of David P. Becker, Class of 1970
1980.43
n.d.
engraving on paper
Gift of John B. Atherton
1985.69
1948
lithograph on paper
Museum Purchase, Lloyd O. and Marjorie Strong Coulter Fund
1986.77
1922
pen and ink, brush and ink, graphite on paper
Gift of David P. Becker, Class of 1970
1994.10.263
1923
pen and ink, brush and ink, graphite on paper
Gift of David P. Becker, Class of 1970
1994.10.264
before 1955
brush and ink, pen and ink graphite on paper
Gift of David P. Becker, Class of 1970
1994.10.265
n.d.
watercolor, with traces of graphite on off-white wove paper
Gift of David P. Becker, Class of 1970
1994.10.266.a &.b
1930
wood engraving on paper
Museum Purchase, Barbara Cooney Porter Fund
2002.18
ca. 1914
pen and ink on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.41.1
ca. 1914
pen and ink on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.41.2
ca. 1914
pen and ink on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.41.3
ca. 1914
pen and ink on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.41.4
ca. 1914
pen and ink on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.41.5
ca. 1914
pen and ink on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.41.6
ca. 1914
pen and ink on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.41.7
ca. 1914
pen and ink on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.41.8
ca. 1914
pen and ink on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.41.9
ca. 1914
pen and ink on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.41.10
ca. 1914
pen and ink on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.41.11
ca. 1914
pen and ink on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.41.12
ca. 1914
pen and ink on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.41.13
ca. 1914
pen and ink on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.41.14
ca. 1914
pen and ink on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.41.15
ca. 1914
pen and ink on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.41.16
ca. 1914
pen and ink on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.41.17
ca. 1914
pen and ink on paper
Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously
1971.79.41.18
n.d.
watercolor, with traces of graphite on off-white wove paper
Gift of David P. Becker, Class of 1970
1994.10.266.a
n.d.
watercolor, with traces of graphite on off-white wove paper
Gift of David P. Becker, Class of 1970
1994.10.266.b
1922-1925
oil on canvas
Gift of Ellin and Ron Delsener
2010.23
1938-1940
brown printed earthenware
Gift from the Estate of Christopher P. Monkhouse
2021.62.81