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ID: 500006820
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500006820
 
Record Type: Person
Kent, Rockwell (American painter, illustrator, and graphic artist, 1882-1971)

Note: Kent was trained as an architectural draftsman and studied architecture at Columbia University. He is best known for his illustrations of adventure stories, such as Melville's "Moby Dick," and his landscapes of remote places, such as Alaska, Tierra del Fuego, and Greenland. He favored a precise rendering of forms, with strong contrasts of light and dark. American artist and author, trained in architecture at Columbia University. Comment on works: Landscapes
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Names:
Kent, Rockwell (preferred,V,index,LCO,English-P,NA)
Rockwell Kent (V,display)
Kent, Rock (V)
Hogarth, William (VP)
Kent, Rokuell (V)
Hogarth (UP)
Kent, Rokuėll (U)
קנט, רוקול (U)
Kent (LU,U)
kent r. (LU,U)

Nationalities:
American (preferred)

Roles:
artist (preferred)
painter
illustrator
graphic artist
author
draftsman
printmaker
writer
sailor (military)
genre artist
sculptor
jeweler

Gender: male

Birth and Death Places:
Born:  Tarrytown (Albany county, New York state, United States) (inhabited place)

Related People or Corporate Bodies:
apprentice of ....  Thayer, Abbott Handerson  
........................  (American painter and naturalist, 1849-1921) [500016002]
student of ....  Chase, William Merritt  
..................  (American painter and printmaker, 1849-1916) [500115356]
student of ....  Henri, Robert  
..................  (American painter, 1865-1929) [500005486]
student of ....  Miller, Kenneth Hayes  
..................  (American painter, printmaker, and sculptor, 1876-1952) [500025218]
teacher of ....  Etnier, Stephen Morgan  
..................  (American painter, 1903-1984) [500049429]

List/Hierarchical Position:
 ....  Persons, Artists
 ........  Kent, Rockwell (I)

Biographies:
(American painter, illustrator, and graphic artist, 1882-1971) ..... [VP Preferred]
(American artist, 1882-1971) ..... [WL-Courtauld]
(American sculptor, 1882-1971) ..... [RKD]
(American artist) ..... [PROV]
(American artist, 1882-1971) ..... [MoMA]
(American artist, 1882-1971) ..... [PROV]
(artist, active 20th century) ..... [GRISC]
(artist, 1882-1971) ..... [GRL]
(American painter, 1882-1971) ..... [Grove Art]
(American artist, 1882-1971) ..... [AVERY]
(American artist and author, trained in architecture at Columbia Univ, 1882-1971) ..... [AVERY]
(American artist, 1882-1971) ..... [WCI]
(American artist, 1882-) ..... [WCP]
(American painter, 1882-1971) ..... [PROV]
(American painter, 1882-1971) ..... [GRLPA]
(21.VI.1882-13.III.1971; Architectural draftsman, United States of America) ..... [FDA]
(American artist, author, 1882-1971) ..... [BHA]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:
קנט, רוקול ........ [GRL]
....................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 80026775
Hogarth ........ [GRL, VP]
.................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 80026775
Hogarth, William ........ [GRL, VP]
..................................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 80026775
..................................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) accessed 4 October 2006
Kent ........ [PROV]
...........  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
kent r. ........ [PROV]
..............  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
Kent, Rock ........ [GRLPA]
......................  Getty Research Library Photo Archive database
Kent, Rockwell ........ [AVERY Preferred, BHA Preferred, FDA Preferred, GRISC Preferred, GRL Preferred, GRLPA Preferred, Grove Art Preferred, MoMA Preferred, NARA, PROV Preferred, RKD Preferred, VP Preferred, WCI Preferred, WCP Preferred, WL-Courtauld Preferred]
..............................  Artists, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) New York (2000-)
..............................  Avery Authority files (1963-)
..............................  Database for the Witt Checklist of Painters c. 1200-1976 (1978-)
..............................  Grove Art artist database (1989-)
..............................  Harald Szeemann papers, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2011-)
..............................  LCNAF Library of Congress Name Authority File [n.d.]
..............................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 80026775
..............................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 80026775 accessed 4 October 2006
..............................  Lowry, Building National Image (1985)
..............................  M. Knoedler & Co. records, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2012-)
..............................  NARA database (1987-)
..............................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
..............................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 43960
..............................  Witt Library, Authority files
Kent, Rokuell ........ [VP]
............................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) accessed 4 October 2006
Kent, Rokuėll ........ [GRL, VP]
............................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 80026775
Rockwell Kent ........ [GRISC, MoMA, PROV, VP]
............................  Artists, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) New York (2000-)
............................  Getty Provenance Index Databases [online] (1999)
............................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
............................  Harald Szeemann papers, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2011-)
............................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)

Subject: ........ [AVERY, BHA, FDA, Gallery Systems, GRISC, GRL, GRLPA, Grove Art, MoMA, PROV, RKD, VP, WCI, WCP, WL-Courtauld]
....................  Database for the Witt Checklist of Painters c. 1200-1976 (1978-)
....................  Fielding, Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors, Engravers (1987)
....................  Gallery Systems (2000-) LOC ID: n80026775
....................  Getty Provenance Index Databases [online] (1999)
....................  Getty Research Library Photo Archive database
....................  Grove Art artist database (1989-)
....................  Harald Szeemann papers, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2011-)
....................  LCNAF Library of Congress Name Authority File [n.d.]
....................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) LOC ID: n80026775
....................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) accessed 4 October 2006; n 80026775 accessed 4 October 2006
....................  Lowry, Building National Image (1985)
....................  M. Knoedler & Co. records, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2012-)
....................  NARA database (1987-)
....................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
....................  RILA/BHA (1975-2000)
....................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 43960
....................  Who Was Who in America (1943-)
....................  Wikidata online (2000-) Q114405
....................  Witt Library, Authority files
 
Note:
English .......... [AVERY, PROV, VP, WL-Courtauld]
.......... Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) "Kent, Rockwell"Accessed 03/25/02
.......... Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
.......... RILA/BHA (1975-2000)
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