Rockwell Kent, Attributed: Greenland

Rockwell Kent, Attributed: Greenland:

Rockwell Kent (American, 1882 – 1971), Attributed: Greenland, Oil on canvas, signed lower right, framed.

Growing up in a genteel family in New York City, Rockwell Kent was a member of the rugged realist school of landscape painters as well as a popular illustrator and printmaker. His 1930 illustrations for Moby Dick are among his most lasting achievements. He was the first American artist to have work exhibited in the Soviet Union, a reflection of his Communist Party sympathies, which earned him the Lenin Peace Prize in 1967. This espousal of radical politics caused his career to suffer badly in the ’50s because his leftist views caused him disdain among many Americans. However, his work, reflecting both realism and modernism, has earned increasing attention from American art historians.

25 1/2 x 32 inches (frame); 20 3/4 x 27 1/2 inches (sight)

Private collection, Madison, WI.

Condition

Very good condition; light surface grime throughout, with slightly more in the upper left corner; outer edges of the canvas are glued to the stretcher bars.

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