Rockwell Kent
American, 1882-1971
Running Water
INV-1276
Rockwell Kent
American, 1882-19711918/19
Running Water
Rockwell Kent American, 1882-1971 →pen and ink drawingsdrawings (visual works)
Date
1918/19
Medium
Brush and black ink, with scraping, over graphite, on ivory wood pulp laminate card
Dimensions
24 × 19 cm (9 1/2 × 7 1/2 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Robert Allerton
Born in Tarrytown, New York, Rockwell Kent spent much of his early life in and around New York City, studying with some of the most prominent modern artists of his day, including William Merritt Chase, Arthur Wesley Dow, and Robert Henri. An admirer of the writings of the Transcendentalists, he loved nature and drew inspiration from the austere beauty of wilderness. He sought out isolated natural places, living at various times on Monhegan Island, Maine, and in Alaska, Tierra del Fuego, Ireland, and Greenland. This drawing dates from his sojourn to Alaska and clearly demonstrates the clean, idealized style he developed as an illustrator and printmaker.
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