(Greenland Journal, New York, , p. vii) Before J.J. Ryan purchased Iceberg, Dan Burne Jones (Kent's biographer and author of The Prints of Rockwell Kent: A Catalogue Raisonné) and his wife Jacquie sought to acquire the painting. Rockwell Kent, though best known as an artist and illustrator, pursued many careers throughout his long life, including architect, carpenter, explorer, writer, dairy farmer, and political activist. Born in Tarrytown, New York, Kent was interested in art from a young age. These ambitions were encouraged by his aunt Jo Holgate, an accomplished. The Rockwell Kent papers measure linear feet and date from circa to with the bulk of the collection dating from to The collection provides comprehensive coverage of Kent's career as a painter, illustrator, designer, writer, lecturer, traveler, political activist, and dairy farmer.
Rockwell Kent (J - Ma) was an American painter, printmaker, illustrator, and www.doorway.ru: Wikipedia.. Wilderness: A Journal of Quiet Adventure in Alaska--Including Extensive Hitherto Unpublished Passages from the Original Journal by. Rockwell Kent, Doug Capra. Greenland Journal. A classic tale of seafaring, shipwreck, and survival, reprinted from Wesleyan University Press's facsimile of the original. When artist, illustrator, writer, and adventurer Rockwell Kent first published N by E in a limited edition in , his account of a voyage on a foot cutter from New York Harbor to the rugged shores of Greenland quickly became a collectors' item. Rockwell Kent, The Lovers, , wood engraving on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Frank McClure,
Between and , he wrote and illustrated several popular books about his experiences in Alaska, Tierra del Fuego, and Greenland. In the s and s, Kent was much in demand as a lecturer, making several nationwide tours under the management of a professional lecture bureau; he spoke mainly about his travels, but among his standard lectures were some on "art for the people.". Rockwell Kent, though best known as an artist and illustrator, pursued many careers throughout his long life, including architect, carpenter, explorer, writer, dairy farmer, and political activist. Born in Tarrytown, New York, Kent was interested in art from a young age. These ambitions were encouraged by his aunt Jo Holgate, an accomplished. His experiences in Newfoundland (), Greenland (, , ), and Alaska () inform a number of his works, and resulted in two books-Wilderness () and Salamina (), the latter reprinted in expanded form as Greenland Journal" (University of Delaware). "At some points Greenland Journal is as frank as the prose of Henry Miller I enjoyed this strange diary as I have enjoyed just about everything Rockwell Kent has written.
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