Kent studied painting under Robert Henri at the New York School of Art, where his classmates were Edward Hopper and George Bellows. Encouraged by his teacher to see Maine, he visited Monhegan Island in 1905 and built a home and studio there that he used year-round (through 1910). This view of neighboring islands—Manana, Smutty Nose, and Little Smutty Nose—and a lone fishing dory was included in his first one-man show in New York (April 1907). Although the show was a critical success, no works were sold, and Kent gave this painting to Henri in appreciation for his support.
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Inscription: Signed and dated (lower left): Rockwell Kent / 1907.
Robert Henri, New York (1907–17; gift of the artist; sold through M. Knoedler & Co., New York, to MMA)
New York. William Clausen & Co. "Rockwell Kent," April 1–13, 1907.
New York. M. Knoedler & Co. "American Painters," February 15–March 3, 1917, no. 25 (as "Marine," lent by Robert Henri).
Museum of Modern Art, New York. "American Painting and Sculpture, 1862–1932," October 31, 1932–January 31, 1933, no. 61 (as "Winter").
Hartford, Conn. Wadsworth Atheneum. "American Painting and Sculpture of the 18th, 19th and 20th Centuries," January 29–February 19, 1935, no. 71.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Contemporary Painting in the United States," April 19–27, 1941, no. 87.
Mexico City. Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes. "La Pintura Contemporánea Norteamericana," June 12–July 9, 1941, unnumbered cat. (p. 67; as "Winter").
Santiago. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. "La Pintura Contemporánea Norteamericana," September 6–October 5, 1941, unnumbered cat.
Lima. Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes. "La Pintura Contemporánea Norteamericana," November 5–30, 1941, unnumbered cat.
Quito. Universidad Central de Ecuador. "La Pintura Contemporánea Norteamericana," December 1941, unnumbered cat.
New Brunswick, N. J. Rutgers University Library. "Picture of the Month," November 21–December 18, 1942, no catalogue.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Junior Museum. December 29, 1943–January 17, 1944.
Mobile, Ala. Mobile Public Library. "Works by 14 American Painters," April 15–May 15, 1945, no catalogue.
Birmingham, Ala. Junior League Shop. "Works by 14 American Painters," May 18–June 21, 1945, no catalogue.
Brooklyn. Samuel J. Tilden High School. "Modern American Masters (New York School-Museum Program)," November 1945, no catalogue.
Brooklyn. Fort Hamilton High School. "Modern American Masters (New York School-Museum Program)," December 1945, no catalogue.
Bronx. William Howard Taft High School. "Modern American Masters (New York School-Museum Program)," January 1946, no catalogue.
New York. Benjamin Franklin High School. "Modern American Masters (New York School-Museum Program)," February 1946, no catalogue.
Bronx. DeWitt Clinton High School. "Modern American Masters (New York School-Museum Program)," March 1946, no catalogue.
Bronx. Walton High School. "Modern American Masters (New York School-Museum Program)," April 1946, no catalogue.
Queens. John Adams High School. "Modern American Masters (New York School-Museum Program)," May–June 1946, no catalogue.
Knoxville. Audigier Art Galleries, University of Tennessee. "Works by 14 American Painters," September 19–November 18, 1946, no catalogue.
Bronx. Evander Childs High School. "New York School-Museum Program," November 25, 1946–January 8, 1947, no catalogue.
Bronx. Christopher Columbus High School. "New York School-Museum Program," January 8–February 20, 1947, no catalogue.
New York. Julia Richman High School. "New York School-Museum Program," February 20–March 20, 1947, no catalogue.
Brooklyn. New Utrecht High School. "New York School-Museum Program," March 20–April 30, 1947, no catalogue.
Brooklyn. Bay Ridge High School. "New York School-Museum Program," April 30–June 6, 1947, no catalogue [on view until May 7, 1947].
Brooklyn. Lafayette High School. "New York School-Museum Program," September 25–October 17, 1947, no catalogue.
Brooklyn. Erasmus Hall High School. "New York School-Museum Program," October 17–November 17, 1947, no catalogue.
Brooklyn. Midwood High School. "New York School-Museum Program," November 17, 1947–January 5, 1948, no catalogue.
New York. Washington Irving High School. "New York School-Museum Program," January 5–February 5, 1948, no catalogue.
Bronx High School of Science. "New York School-Museum Program," February 5–March 8, 1948, no catalogue.
Bronx. James Monroe High School. "New York School-Museum Program," March 8–April 7, 1948, no catalogue.
Brooklyn. Franklin K. Lane High School. "New York School-Museum Program," April 7–May 6, 1948, no catalogue.
Brooklyn. Girls' High School. "New York School-Museum Program," May 6–June 10, 1948, no catalogue.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "20th Century Painters: A Special Exhibition of Oils, Water Colors and Drawings Selected from the Collections of American Art in the Metropolitan Museum," June 16–October 29, 1950, unnum. brochure (p. 7; as "Winter").
Brooklyn Museum. "Revolution and Tradition: An Exhibition of the Chief Movements in American Painting from 1900 to the Present," November 15, 1951–January 6, 1952, no. 84 (as "Winter").
Waterville, Me. Colby College Museum of Art. "Maine and Its Artists: The Colby College Sesquicentennial Exhibition," May 6–September 1, 1963.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. "Maine and Its Artists," December 12, 1963–January 26, 1964.
New York. Whitney Museum of American Art. "Maine and Its Artists," February 10–March 22, 1964.
New York. Lacarda Gallery. "Exhibition, Oils and Drawings by Rockwell Kent," November 1–19, 1966.
Norwich, Conn. Slater Memorial Museum. "A Survey of American Art," February 4–25, 1968, no. 22 (as "Winter").
Jacksonville, Fla. Cummer Gallery of Art. "American Paintings of Ports and Harbors, 1774–1968," February 4–March 16, 1969, no. 17.
Norfolk, Va. Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences. "American Paintings of Ports and Harbors, 1774–1968," April 5–May 11, 1969, no. 17.
Brunswick, Me. Bowdoin College Museum of Art. "Rockwell Kent: The Early Years," August 15–October 15, 1969, no. 3.
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. "The Heritage of American Art: Paintings from the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 17–November 30, 1975.
Denver Art Museum. "The Heritage of American Art: Paintings from the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art," January 4–March 7, 1976.
Des Moines Art Center. "The Heritage of American Art: Paintings from the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art," March 28–June 6, 1976.
Minneapolis Institute of Art. "The Heritage of American Art: Paintings from the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art," July 4–September 19, 1976.
Australia. American Federation of Arts circulating exhibition. February–August 1977.
Moscow. State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. "Representations of America," December 15, 1977–February 15, 1978, no catalogue.
Leningrad. State Hermitage Museum. "Representations of America," March 15–May 15, 1978, no catalogue.
Minsk, Belarus. Palace of Art. "Representations of America," June 15–August 15, 1978, no catalogue.
Santa Barbara Museum of Art. "'An Enkindled Eye': The Paintings of Rockwell Kent. A Retrospective Exhibition," June 29–September 1, 1985, no. 8.
Columbus Museum of Art. "'An Enkindled Eye': The Paintings of Rockwell Kent. A Retrospective Exhibition," October 12–November 13, 1985, no. 8.
Portland, Me. Portland Museum of Art. "'An Enkindled Eye': The Paintings of Rockwell Kent. A Retrospective Exhibition," January 21–March 2, 1986, no. 8.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "American Landscape Painting," April 4–August 13, 1989, no catalogue.
Tulsa, Okla. Philbrook Museum of Art. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," April 14–June 9, 1991, no. 29.
Miami. Center for the Fine Arts. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," June 29–August 24, 1991, no. 29.
Omaha. Joslyn Art Museum. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 14–November 10, 1991, no. 29.
Tampa Museum of Art. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," December 14, 1991–February 8, 1992, no. 29.
Greenville, S. C. Greenville County Museum of Art. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," March 17–May 10, 1992, no. 29.
Madison, Wisc. Madison Art Center. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," June 6–August 2, 1992, no. 29.
Grand Rapids, Mich. Grand Rapids Art Museum. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 11–November 8, 1992, no. 29.
Ogunquit, Me. Ogunquit Museum of American Art. "Mainescapes: 1900–1992," August 8–September 15, 1993, no. 48.
Washington, D. C. National Museum of American Art. "Picturing Old New England: Image and Memory," April 2–August 22, 1999, not in catalogue.
Stockbridge, Mass. Norman Rockwell Museum. "Distant Shores: The Odyssey of Rockwell Kent," June 24–October 29, 2000, unnumbered cat. (pp. 50–51).
Ocala, Fla. Appleton Museum of Art. "Distant Shores: The Odyssey of Rockwell Kent," November 18, 2000–February 7, 2001, unnumbered cat.
Albany. New York State Museum. "20th Century American Landscapes from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," May 31–October 14, 2001, not in brochure.
Portland, Me. Portland Museum of Art. "Rockwell Kent: The Mythic and The Modern," June 23–October 16, 2005, no. 12.
"Fine Arts. Arthur Hoeber's Pictures at Schaus', Browne's at Knoedler's and Rockwell Kent's at Clausen's." Brooklyn Daily Eagle (April 3, 1907), p. 22.
"Exhibitions Now On." American Art News 5 (April 6, 1907), p. 6.
"Accessions and Notes." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 12 (May 1917), pp. 118–20, ill., as "Marine".
"Contemporary Americans at Knoedlers." American Art News 15 (February 17, 1917), p. 2.
"Random Impressions In Current Exhibitions." New York Herald Tribune (February 25, 1917), p. B3, calls it "Marine".
Carlyle Burrows. "Hearn Paintings at the Metropolitan." New York Herald Tribune (May 30, 1937), p. E6, calls it "Winter".
Harry B. Wehle. "National Art Week and the Museum: Trends in American Painting." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 35 (November 1940), ill. p. 7, calls it "Winter".
"Rockwell Kent Painting Shown." Daily Home News (New Brunswick) (November 20, 1942), p. 14, calls it "Winter".
Robert Beverly Hale. 100 American Painters of the 20th Century: Works Selected from the Collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1950, ill. p. 52, calls it "Winter".
Rockwell Kent. It's Me O Lord: The Autobiography of Rockwell Kent. New York, 1955, ill. following p. 74.
Jacqueline Davidson. "Maine & American Artists 1710–1963." American Artist 27 (December 1963), p. 35, ill. p. 37, calls it "Winter".
Richard V. West. Rockwell Kent: The Early Years. Exh. cat., Bowdoin College Museum of Art. Brunswick, Me., 1969, unpaginated, no. 3, ill.
Alden Whitman. "Man of Multiple Skills. Rockwell Kent, Controversial Artist, Is Dead." New York Times (March 14, 1971), p. 74, ill., calls it "Winter".
David Traxel. An American Saga: The Life and Times of Rockwell Kent. New York, 1980, pp. 37, 94.
Richard V. West. 'An Enkindled Eye': The Paintings of Rockwell Kent. A Retrospective. Exh. cat., Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Santa Barbara, 1985, pp. 17, 35, no. 8, ill. (color).
Lisa M. Messinger inThe Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., American Federation of Arts. New York, 1991, pp. 91, 100.
Lowery Stokes Sims inThe Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., American Federation of Arts. New York, 1991, pp. 88, 92, no. 29, ill. p. 93 (color).
Robert Rosenblum inThe Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., American Federation of Arts. New York, 1991, p. 9.
John Brandenburg. "Art Review: Philbrook Show Features 60 Landscape Paintings." Daily Oklahoman (May 29, 1991), p. 13, calls it "Winter — Monhegan Island".
Eliot Nusbaum. "Joslyn Hosts a Vivid Landscape Show." Des Moines Sunday Register (September 22, 1991), p. 7F, calls it "Winter — Monhengan Island".
Michael Quick inThe Paintings of George Bellows. Exh. cat., Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Tex. New York, 1992, p. 92 n.26.
Michael Kimmelman. "At the Met with Wayne Thiebaud: A Little Weirdness Can Help an Artist." New York Times (August 23, 1996), p. C25, ill.
Michael Kimmelman. Portraits: Talking with Artists at the Met, the Modern, the Louvre and Elsewhere. New York, 1998, pp. 162–63.
Jake Milgram Wien. Rockwell Kent: The Mythic and the Modern. Exh. cat., Portland Museum of Art. New York, 2005, pp. 31, 33, 49, 147 nn. 12, 16, p. 176, no. 12, fig. 22 (color).
Grace Glueck. "Celebrating an Artist's Spiritual Searches and Realist Findings." New York Times (August 26, 2005), p. E28.
Jake Milgram Wien. "Rockwell Kent and Edward Hopper." Magazine Antiques 183 (January/February 2016), pp. 186, 188, 189 n. 20, fig. 12 (color).
Written and illustrated by Rockwell Kent (American, Tarrytown, New York 1882–1971 Plattsburgh, New York)
1934
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