Kent, Rockwell, 1882–1971, American painter, muralist, wood engraver, lithographer, book and magazine illustrator, and writer, b. Tarrytown, N.Y. Kent studied with William Merritt Chase Chase, William Merritt, 1849–1916, American painter, b. Williamsburg, Ind., studied in Indianapolis and in Munich under Piloty. In 1878 he began his long career as an influential teacher at the Art Students League of New York and later established his own
..... Click the link for more information. and Robert Henri Henri, Robert (hĕn`rī), 1865–1929, American painter and teacher, b. Cincinnati as Robert Henry Cozad.
..... Click the link for more information. . He lived in Labrador, Alaska, Greenland, and Tierra del Fuego and painted vigorous, exotic landscapes during his travels. His graphic art and his painting are notable for their stark, powerful style. Among his major works are Winter (Metropolitan Mus.), Down to the Sea (Brooklyn Mus.), and Toilers of the Sea (Art Inst., Chicago). He is the author of Wilderness (1921), Voyaging Southward from the Strait of Magellan (1924), Salamina (1935), Greenland Journal (1962), the autobiographical This Is My Own (1940), and the autobiography It's Me, O Lord (1955).

Bibliography

See biography by D. Traxel (1980); catalogs by C. Martin (2000) and J. M. Wien (2005).

Kent, Rockwell

(born June 21, 1882, Tarrytown Heights, N.Y., U.S.—died March 13, 1971, Plattsburgh, N.Y.) U.S. painter and illustrator. He studied architecture at Columbia University but later chose to study painting with William Merritt Chase and Robert Henri. He worked variously as an architectural draftsman, lobsterman, and ship's carpenter in Maine and traveled in Tierra del Fuego, Newfoundland, Alaska, and Greenland, gathering material for his paintings and travel books. His dramatic pen-and-ink drawings, strongly resembling woodcuts, appeared in many books by contemporary and classic writers and made him one of the most popular artists in the U.S., despite harassment for his radical leftist politics.

Kent, Rockwell (1882–1971) painter, graphic artist; born in Tarrytown, N.Y. He studied with William Merritt Chase in New York (1897–1900), and worked in many mediums, including oil, water color, pen and ink, wood block, and lithography. He traveled widely and was involved in many progressive social causes. His work was noted for its strong geometric composition and his bold use of light and dark, as in Toilers of the Sea (1907). He became most widely known for his book illustrations.