1900s Scrapbook Bibliography Anthology ROCKWELL KENT Illustrator BOOK COLLECTOR
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1900s Scrapbook Bibliography Anthology ROCKWELL KENT Illustrator BOOK COLLECTOR
REMARKABLE DOCUMENTATION OF ROCKWELL KENTIANASMALL ILLUSTRATED SCRAPBOOK BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SERIOUS BOOK COLLECTORS HOLDINGS DESCRIPTION: Small leatherette 3-ring binder - 7 1/4" x 9". About 80 pages documenting the collection, dating from pre-1914 to 1971. Organized chronologically, the compiler inserted clipped reprint images of Rockwell Kent covers, frontispieces, ...etc. The collection included THE DECAMERON, WILDERNESS, MOBY DICK, CANTERBURY TALES, SAGA OF GISLI, etc. Handwritten pages include publishing information on all Kent works.
On June 21, 1882, Rockwell Kent was born in Tarrytown Heights, NY to Sara Ann Holgate and Rockwell Kent, Sr. Born into a privileged family, the young Kent attended several of the East Coast’s top private schools. When he was 13, he toured Europe with his aunt Josie Baker, who was a well-educated artist.In 1900, he began his art training at the William Merritt Chase Summer School of Art in Shinnecock, Long Island. In the fall, he enrolled in the architecture program at Columbia University. Just prior to his senior year, he dropped out and enrolled fulltime at the New York School of Art, where he studied under painter Robert Henri (1865-1929).Following in the footsteps of his mentor, Kent took a painting trip to Monhegan Island, ME in 1905. The island’s vibrant working class attitude and arts community had a lasting effect on Kent. In the following April, he returned to Monhegan and purchased some land. While living there, Kent met his first wife, Kathleen Whiting, a niece of painter Abbott Handerson Thayer (1849-1921). Over the course of the next 13 years, the couple had five children together until their divorce in 1925. Kent married again in 1926 to Frances Lee Higgins, and once more in 1940 to Shirley (“Sally”) Johnstone.In 1911, he moved to New York with his family and resumed work as an architectural draftsman. He also exhibited fifteen paintings and twenty-four drawings at the Gallery of the Society of Beaux-Architects, New York. In 1914, Kent made his first trip to Newfoundland with his family. There, he worked on a series of paintings and drawings of the area until the summer of 1915.As World War I waged on, the Kents returned to New York and purchased a home on Staten Island. Kent began to regularly submit cartoons to various magazines, such as Harper’s Weekly and Vanity Fair. His drawings were published under the pseudonym “Hogarth, Jr.” and often satirized popular culture and politics. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, Kent made several trips to Alaska, Tierra del Fuego, Greenland, and Copenhagen. Upon each return, he published visionary memoirs and illustrations of his travels to “exotic” lands. Some of his published works include Wilderness: A Journey of Quiet Adventure in Alaksa, Voyaging Southwards from the Strait of Magellan, Salamina and N by E.During the years leading up to and for the duration of World War II, Kent dedicated much of his time to politics and workers’ rights. Coinciding with these beliefs, he contributed letters to the American Marxist publication The New Masses (1926-1948). Over the next several years, Kent’s political efforts were met with much disdain from the U.S. government. In 1939, he denied charges that he was a member of the Communist party before the McCarthyesque hearings of the House Un-American Activities Committee. Despite his testimony, officials kept a close watch on Kent, ultimately revoking his passport to travel abroad in 1950. Kent appeared before the Permanent Investigations Subcommittee once more in 1953, finally regaining his passport in 1958. In that same year, Kent wrote This is My Own— an account of his confrontations with the U.S. government.In his later years, Kent traveled around Europe and visited the Soviet Union with his third wife Shirley (“Sally”) Johnstone. He donated a large portion of his personal collection and paintings to the people of the Soviet Union for which he was later awarded the Lenin Peace Prize in 1967. In 1971, Rockwell Kent died at the age of 88 in Plattsburgh, NY.AN IMPORTANT ADDITION TO THE ROCKWELL KENT COLLECTOR'S LIBRARYMELROSEBOOKS&ARTSale Terms: Please take a moment to read all the terms below and check shipping cost before purchase All items are sold 'as is', provenance guaranteed and 'as described'. The successful high bidder will be notified of payment details by e-mail.U.S. SHIPPING CHARGES: Please take a moment to check shipping cost before purchase.INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS: We ship via USPS Priority International ONLY. REGARDING FEEDBACK - WE GREATLY APPRECIATE AND DEPEND UPON THE POSITIVE FEEDBACK OF OUR BUYERS. WE TYPICALLY WAIT TO POST FEEDBACK UNTIL WE RECEIVE BUYER FEEDBACK. THIS ENSURES THAT THE ITEM HAS BEEN SAFELY RECEIVED IN GOOD ORDER.
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REMARKABLE DOCUMENTATION OF ROCKWELL KENTIANASMALL ILLUSTRATED SCRAPBOOK BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SERIOUS BOOK COLLECTORS HOLDINGS DESCRIPTION: Small leatherette 3-ring binder - 7 1/4" x 9". About 80 pages documenting the collection, dating from pre-1914 to 1971. Organized chronologically, the compiler inserted clipped reprint images of Rockwell Kent covers, frontispieces, ...etc. The collection included THE DECAMERON, WILDERNESS, MOBY DICK, CANTERBURY TALES, SAGA OF GISLI, etc. Handwritten pages include publishing information on all Kent works.
On June 21, 1882, Rockwell Kent was born in Tarrytown Heights, NY to Sara Ann Holgate and Rockwell Kent, Sr. Born into a privileged family, the young Kent attended several of the East Coast’s top private schools. When he was 13, he toured Europe with his aunt Josie Baker, who was a well-educated artist.In 1900, he began his art training at the William Merritt Chase Summer School of Art in Shinnecock, Long Island. In the fall, he enrolled in the architecture program at Columbia University. Just prior to his senior year, he dropped out and enrolled fulltime at the New York School of Art, where he studied under painter Robert Henri (1865-1929).Following in the footsteps of his mentor, Kent took a painting trip to Monhegan Island, ME in 1905. The island’s vibrant working class attitude and arts community had a lasting effect on Kent. In the following April, he returned to Monhegan and purchased some land. While living there, Kent met his first wife, Kathleen Whiting, a niece of painter Abbott Handerson Thayer (1849-1921). Over the course of the next 13 years, the couple had five children together until their divorce in 1925. Kent married again in 1926 to Frances Lee Higgins, and once more in 1940 to Shirley (“Sally”) Johnstone.In 1911, he moved to New York with his family and resumed work as an architectural draftsman. He also exhibited fifteen paintings and twenty-four drawings at the Gallery of the Society of Beaux-Architects, New York. In 1914, Kent made his first trip to Newfoundland with his family. There, he worked on a series of paintings and drawings of the area until the summer of 1915.As World War I waged on, the Kents returned to New York and purchased a home on Staten Island. Kent began to regularly submit cartoons to various magazines, such as Harper’s Weekly and Vanity Fair. His drawings were published under the pseudonym “Hogarth, Jr.” and often satirized popular culture and politics. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, Kent made several trips to Alaska, Tierra del Fuego, Greenland, and Copenhagen. Upon each return, he published visionary memoirs and illustrations of his travels to “exotic” lands. Some of his published works include Wilderness: A Journey of Quiet Adventure in Alaksa, Voyaging Southwards from the Strait of Magellan, Salamina and N by E.During the years leading up to and for the duration of World War II, Kent dedicated much of his time to politics and workers’ rights. Coinciding with these beliefs, he contributed letters to the American Marxist publication The New Masses (1926-1948). Over the next several years, Kent’s political efforts were met with much disdain from the U.S. government. In 1939, he denied charges that he was a member of the Communist party before the McCarthyesque hearings of the House Un-American Activities Committee. Despite his testimony, officials kept a close watch on Kent, ultimately revoking his passport to travel abroad in 1950. Kent appeared before the Permanent Investigations Subcommittee once more in 1953, finally regaining his passport in 1958. In that same year, Kent wrote This is My Own— an account of his confrontations with the U.S. government.In his later years, Kent traveled around Europe and visited the Soviet Union with his third wife Shirley (“Sally”) Johnstone. He donated a large portion of his personal collection and paintings to the people of the Soviet Union for which he was later awarded the Lenin Peace Prize in 1967. In 1971, Rockwell Kent died at the age of 88 in Plattsburgh, NY.AN IMPORTANT ADDITION TO THE ROCKWELL KENT COLLECTOR'S LIBRARYMELROSEBOOKS&ARTSale Terms: Please take a moment to read all the terms below and check shipping cost before purchase All items are sold 'as is', provenance guaranteed and 'as described'. The successful high bidder will be notified of payment details by e-mail.U.S. SHIPPING CHARGES: Please take a moment to check shipping cost before purchase.INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS: We ship via USPS Priority International ONLY. REGARDING FEEDBACK - WE GREATLY APPRECIATE AND DEPEND UPON THE POSITIVE FEEDBACK OF OUR BUYERS. WE TYPICALLY WAIT TO POST FEEDBACK UNTIL WE RECEIVE BUYER FEEDBACK. THIS ENSURES THAT THE ITEM HAS BEEN SAFELY RECEIVED IN GOOD ORDER.
WE ACCEPT PAYPAL ONLY FOR PAYMENT. SORRY - NO EXCEPTIONS.
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