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Maine Coast

1907

Rockwell Kent

(American, 1882-1971)

America, 20th century

Oil on canvas

Framed: 104.5 x 130.2 x 6.5 cm (41 1/8 x 51 1/4 x 2 9/16 in.); Unframed: 86.4 x 111.7 cm (34 x 44 in.)

Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection 1132.1922

Location

208 American Gilded Age and Realism

Fun Fact

Kent loved to paint landscapes in cold, remote areas, including Maine, Alaska, Newfoundland, and Greenland.

Description

Located off the coast of Maine, Monhegan Island has long drawn artists attracted to its rugged headlands, brooding forests, and dramatic ocean vistas. Unlike most colleagues who visited during summer, Kent built a home and lived there year-round, working as a well digger, lobsterman, and carpenter from 1906–8. This boldly rendered winter scene was painted from his studio window.

Inscriptions

Inscription

signed lower left: Rockwell Kent / 1907.

Provenance

-1922

(Mrs. Albert (Marie) Sterner [1880-1953], New York, NY sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)

1922-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Milliken, William M. "The Second Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 9:6 (June 1922): 95-98. Mentioned: p. 97

Glasier, Jessie C. "Museum Gets Prize-Winning Canvases: Bellows Subject, Kent Landscape Are Acquisitions." The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH), June 18, 1922. Mentioned: p. 3

"Cleveland Museum Acquires Typical Pictures by Bellows and Kent." American Art News 20:37 (24 June 1922). Reproduced: p. 6

"Painter Exchanges Maine Pines for Scenes in South America." The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH), Sept. 2, 1922. Reproduced: p. 48

Milliken, William M. "Two Examples of Modern Painting: The Maine Coast, by Rockwell Kent." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art. 9:10 (December, 1922). pp. 171-175. Mentioned: p. 171-172

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925. Reproduced: p. 36 archive.org

The American Magazine of Art. 16 (July, 1925). Reproduced: p. 347

Isham, Samuel, and Royal Cortissoz. The History of American Painting. New York, NY: Macmillan Company, 1927. Mentioned: p. 563-564, 588-589; Reproduced: pl. 136

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928. Reproduced: p. 44 archive.org

Neuhaus, Eugen. The History and Ideals of American Art. Stanford University, CA: Stanford University Press; London: Oxford University Press, 1931. Mentioned: p. 358-359

Pollak, Frances M., and Greta A. Cornell. "Rockwell Kent-Painter and Graver." The Index of Twentieth Century Artists. New York, NY: Research Institute of the College Art Association, 1934. Mentioned: p. 97, 104-110

Young, Mahonri Sharp. American Realists, Homer to Hopper. New York, NY: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1977. Mentioned: p. 182; Reproduced: p. 183

West, Richard V. "Rockwell Kent Reconsidered." American Art Review. 4:3 (December, 1977). Mentioned: p. 84-93, 130-136

Johnson, Fridolf. Rockwell Kent: An Anthology of His Works. New York, NY: Knopf, 1982. Mentioned: p. 33-34, 107-115; Reproduced: p. 244

Clark, Jeff. "The Return of Rockwell Kent: A Portland Retrospective Recalls an Adventurous and Controversial Life." Down East, March 1986. Mentioned: p. 24-28; Reproduced: pl. 26.

Chong, Alan. European & American Painting in the Cleveland Museum of Art: A Summary Catalogue. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1993. Reproduced: p. 121

Antiques. vol. 143 (April, 1993). Mentioned: p. 503

Weinberg, H. Barbara, Doreen Bolger, and David Park Curry. American Impressionism and Realism: The Painting of Modern Life, 1885-1915. New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, distributed by H.N. Abrams, 1994. Reproduced: fig. 73; Mentioned: p. 86

Cummer Gallery of Art, Jacksonville. "Exhibition Reviews: Fort Worth: American Impressionsim and Realism." The Burlington Magazine. 136:1100 (November, 1994). pp. 786-787. Mentioned: p. 787; Reproduced: p. 787

Ferris, Scott R. "The Bestowal." In Rockwell Kent's Forgotten Landscapes. Camden, ME: Down East Books, 1998. Mentioned: pp. 22, 76-78.

Exhibition history

Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Second Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting (8 June-10 July 1922)

Syracuse, NY, Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts, Rockwell Kent: A Retrospective Loan Exhibtion of Paintings, Lithographs, and Woodcuts (6 January-3 February 1937), cat. no. 5, not illus.

Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, An Exhibtion of American Painting from 1860 Until Today at The Cleveland Museum of Art (23 June-4 October 1937), cat. no. 112, not illus.

Muskegen, MI, Hackley Art Gallery, Made in the U.S.A. (?November-29 November 1950)

Greenville, PA, Thiel College, Picture of the Month (1 April-30 April 1960)

Waterville, ME, Colby College Museum of Art, Maine: 100 Artists of the 20th Century (25 June-30 September 1964), illus. p. 3, listed p. 34.

Brunswick, ME, Walker Art Museum, Bowdoin College, Rockwell Kent: The Early Years (15 August-15 October 1969), cat. no. 4, illus.

Mansfield, OH, The Mansfield Art Center, The American Landscape (8 March-5 April 1981), cat. no. 41, not illus.

Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, "An Enkindled Eye:" The Paintings of Rockwell Kent: A Retrospective Exhibition (29 June-1 September 1985); traveled to Columbus, Columbus Museum of Art (12 October-13 November 1985); to Portland, ME, Portland Museum of Art (21 January-2 March 1986); to Syracuse, NY, Everson Museum of Art (11 April-18 May 1986), pp. 15-25, cat. no. 10, illus. p. 37.

Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Reckoning with Winslow Homer: His Late Paintings and Their Influence (19 September-18 November 1990); traveled to Columbus, Columbus Museum of Art (16 December 1990-10 February 1991); to Washington, D.C., The Corcoran Gallery of Art (16 March-12 May 1991), pp. 101-106, 182-183, cat. no. 74, illus. p. 102.

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Impressionism and Realism: The Painting of Modern Life, 1885-1915 (2 May-24 July 1994); traveled to Fort Worth, Amon Carter Museum (22 August-30 October 1994); to Denver, Denver Art Museum (28 November 1994-5 February 1995); to Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (6 March-14 May 1995), pp. 85-87, 351-352, illus. p. 85, fig. 73.

Richmond, VA, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, America Around 1900: Impressionism, Realism, and Modern Life (12 June-17 September 1995 )

West Palm Beach, FL: Norton Museum of Art; Newark Museum of Art, NJ; Columbus Museum of Art, OH; "Blanketed in Snow: American Winter Scenes" (12/6/97 - 9/13/98)

Exhibition of American Painting from 1860 Until Today. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-October 4, 1937).

The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).

35th Anniversary Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-September 30, 1951).

Western Landscape Painting and Drawing. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 29, 1954-January 6, 1955).

Reckoning with Winslow Homer: His Late Works and Their Influence. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 19-November 25, 1990); Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH (December 16, 1990-February 10, 1991); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (March 16-May 12, 1991).

Blanketed in Snow: American Winter Scenes. Norton Museum of Art (December 6, 1997-February 22, 1998); Newark Museum (March 7-May 31, 1998); Columbus Museum of Art (July 10-September 13, 1998).

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