Distant shores : the odyssey of Rockwell Kent

Book

Distant shores : the odyssey of Rockwell Kent / Constance Martin ; with essays by Richard V. West.

Martin, Constance. (Author). Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971 (Added Author). West, Richard V. (Added Author). Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge. (Added Author).

Summary:

"Distant Shores: The Odyssey of Rockwell Kent accompanies a traveling exhibition of Kent's wilderness artwork, organized by the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. This handsome volume features 80 paintings, prints, and drawings - more than 50 in full color - related to Kent's sojourns in the wilderness. Included in this collection are several paintings from the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg that have not been seen by audiences outside of Russia in more than 40 years. Kent's dramatic black and white illustrations for the 1930 edition of Herman Melville's Moby Dick - still considered an American classic - are also featured. The essays describe Kent's career as a painter, printmaker, book designer, illustrator, and writer, as well as his extraordinary life as an explorer."--Jacket.

Record details

ISBN: 0520227115
ISBN: 9780520227118
ISBN: 0520227123
ISBN: 9780520227125
Physical Description: 128 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 x 29 cm
Publisher: Chesterfield, Mass. Chameleon Books ; ©2000.

Content descriptions

General Note:: Exhibitions to be held at Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge, June 24- Oct. 29, 2000, and three other museums.

"A Chameleon book"--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 126-127) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Rockwell Kent: Before the Odyssey / Richard V. West -- Rockwell Kent: The Odyssey / Constance Martin. Monhegan ; Newfoundland ; Alaska ; Tierra del Fuego ; Moby Dick and Greenland ; Greenland: The Second and Third Visits -- The Paintings. Maine ; Newfoundland ; Alaska ; Tierra del Fuego ; Greenland -- Rockwell Kent: After the Odyssey / Richard V. West.