In autumn, life's sweet in the south of Maine Oct 7, 2008
Later, I admire Maine painter Winslow Homer s seascapes in the Ogunquit Museum of American Art, also known for works by Edward Hopper, Rockwell Kent, Walt Kuhn and Thomas Hart Benton. Food is also art in Ogunquit. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
What's old is new Aug 13, 2008
The Portland Museum of Art (7 Congress Square, 207-775-6148, , Tuesday-Sunday 10 a.m.-5 p.m., till 9 on Fridays, Mondays 10-5 until Columbus Day; adults $10, seniors and students $8, ages 6-17 $4, under 6 free, Fridays 5-9 free) has pieces by Winslow Homer, Rockwell Kent, and Andrew Wyeth. Until Sept. 7, "Georgia O'Keeffe and the Camera" pairs O'Keeffe's photos with her art. (Boston Globe)
Only the lonely: Proulx on Edward Hopper May 16, 2008
ne du Bois (who became Hopper's life-long friend), Rockwell Kent and others, including the young Josephine Nivison, later his wife. Hopper stayed on at the school several years beyond the regular course of instruction. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
In with the underdogs Apr 19, 2008
The philandering Groves, who resents the plutocratic world that made him famous, was partly modelled on the radical artist and adventurer Rockwell Kent. Vanessa, a beautiful but unstable heiress, was loosely based on one of Hemingway's paramours - a married woman who inspired his 1937 novel To Have And Have Not. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Portland museum appeals to all ages Apr 6, 2008
Not surprisingly, there is a special emphasis on artists with ties to Maine like Rockwell Kent, Fitz Henry (Hugh) Lane, Marsden Hartley, Louise Nevelson, and the Wyeths, N.C., Andrew, and Jamie. There is also an impressive collection of watercolors and drawings by Winslow Homer, whose studio at nearby Prouts Neck was acquired in 2006 by the museum. (Boston Globe)
City of Industry Feb 27, 2008
The permanent collection includes works by George Bellows, Childe Hassam, Edward Hopper, Rockwell Kent, and John Singer Sargent; the museum also mounts interesting temporary exhibitions. Nearby on Main Street, the Fitchburg Historical Society is renovating the 1893 Phoenix Building as its new headquarters. (Boston Globe)
Art exhibition embraces themes of love and revenge Feb 26, 2008
The remaining images are prints attributed to the artists John Boydell, Edwin Austin Abbey, and Rockwell Kent. While the students' artwork was completed in 2007, the historical representations date as far back as the late 18th century. (The Loyola Greyhound, MD)
Characters tend to get lost on remote 'Reserve' Jan 31, 2008
In an author's note included only in the advance copies sent to reviewers, Banks writes that his fictional artist is loosely based on Rockwell Kent, a celebrated Adirondack artist and engraver of the '30s. The heiress is inspired by a socialite whom Ernest Hemingway had an affair with and used as the model for the "darkly vengeful" wife in his short story The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber, and the "distant widow" in The Snows of Kilimanjaro. (USA Today -- Life)
GMOA exhibit focuses on scenes in nature Nov 13, 2007
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Nary a word balloon in the bunch Aug 22, 2007
Two Canadian novels, Jane Urquhart's 1997 The Underpainter, and Michael Winter's The Big Why, published last year, dealt with the real life figure of Rockwell Kent, (1882-1971), the granddaddy of left-wing printmakers on this continent ... "Postwar capitalism was very disguised, very complicated. You had conservative politicians like Richard Nixon who were responsible for affirmative action and the Environmental Protection Agency. With the Bush administration, on the other hand, you have an oil... (Toronto Star)
Chrome by Chase Aug 20, 2007
Walter von Nessen, Rockwell Kent, Charles Arcularius and Russel Wright all designed a variety of products for the Chase Company. Emily Post, the Movies, & High Quality Chromium. (Suite101.com)
At the 'Heart' of the revolution Jul 27, 2007
These are a hodgepodge of historical scenes reminiscent of bombastic 19th-century history painting, with added flourishes in the manner of Rockwell Kent and Maxfield Parrish. The exhibition itself adds to the Laguna Art Museum's impressive record for presenting homegrown California popular art. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
