Maine Coast
1907
Rockwell Kent
Rockwell Kent (American, 1882–1971)
American Painting and Sculpture
Maine Coast, 1907. Rockwell Kent (American, 1882–1971). 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection 1922.1132 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. Kent loved to paint landscapes in cold, remote areas, including Maine, Alaska, Newfoundland, and Greenland.
- Maker/Artist
- Kent, Rockwell
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 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.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: signed lower left: Rockwell Kent / 1907.
- Departments
- American Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1922.1132
- Credit Line
- Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection
- Exhibitions
- Exhibition of American Painting from 1860 Until Today, The Silver Jubilee Exhibition, 35th Anniversary Exhibition, Western Landscape Painting and Drawing, Reckoning with Winslow Homer: His Late Works and Their Influence, Blanketed in Snow: American Winter Scenes, Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Second Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting (8 June-10 July 1922)<br>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.<br>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.<br>Muskegen, MI, Hackley Art Gallery, Made in the U.S.A. (?November-29 November 1950)<br>Greenville, PA, Thiel College, Picture of the Month (1 April-30 April 1960)<br>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.<br>Brunswick, ME, Walker Art Museum, Bowdoin College, Rockwell Kent: The Early Years (15 August-15 October 1969), cat. no. 4, illus.<br>Mansfield, OH, The Mansfield Art Center, The American Landscape (8 March-5 April 1981), cat. no. 41, not illus.<br>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.<br>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.<br>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.<br>Richmond, VA, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, America Around 1900: Impressionism, Realism, and Modern Life (12 June-17 September 1995 )<br>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)
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 208 American Gilded Age and Realism
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