Rockwell kent shakespeare illustrations
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Rockwell Kent (1882 - 1971)
Born in Tarrytown Heights, New York, Rockwell Kent was one of the most influential American artists and illustrators of his time. He was a student at the Horace Mann School in New York City and subsequently studied architecture at Columbia University. Kent developed a strong interest in painting and took up the study of art under William Merritt Chase at the Shinnecock Hills School. He later studied at the New York School, under Robert Henri and Kenneth Hayes Miller, and finally as an apprentice to Abbott Thayer at Dublin, New Hampshire. He wrote and illustrated a number of books including the three-volume Lakeside Press edition of Moby Dick, held by many to be one of the most beautiful books of the twentieth century.
His work is frequently identified with that of the American Social Realists and the great muralists of the 1920s and 1930s. A political activist, Rockwell Kent championed social causes from the 1930's until his death. His consistent s
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Rockwell Kent The Shakespeare Portfolios
In March 1935, Nelson Doubleday of the publishers Doubleday, Doran & Company, an affiliate of Garden City, approached noted American artist and illustrator Rockwell Kent to provide illustrations for their forthcoming volume of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare. One of the most popular illustrators of his era, Kent, who studied with William Merritt Chase and Robert Henri, was recognized for his illustrations of other classic volumes, including Candide (1928) and Moby Dick (1930). Admirers of Shakespeare’s works undoubtedly will recognize his well-known plots, captured simply in Kent’s quintessential linear style. This exhibition celebrates the legacies of two leading figures in their respective fields on the 400th anniversary of the publishing of Shakespeare’s first folio of plays.
This exhibition was curated by The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens.
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