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Maine Coast

1907

Rockwell Kent

(American, 1882–1971)
Culture
America
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
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.)
Credit Line
Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection 1922.1132
Public Domain
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Location
208 American Gilded Age and Realism
Print
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Did You Know?

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.
A horizontally oriented oil painting with broad brushstrokes depicts a winter landscape. In the foreground, a wide field of snow is marked by sparse brown twigs. Across the middle ground, dark evergreen trees and brown shrubs grow before a large snow-covered hill. To the right, a small white boat sits on a teal ocean beneath a heavy, dark gray sky. In the lower left corner, the artist’s signature appears in dark paint.

Maine Coast

1907

Rockwell Kent

(American, 1882–1971)
America

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