Adirondacks

1928/1930

Rockwell Kent

Associated Names
Rockwell Kent

Painter, American, 1882 - 1971

The painting depicts a landscape with two structures in a farm setting, surrounded by rolling hills and mountains in the distance under a dramatic sky with dark clouds and sunlight breaking through. The mountains add a deep blue tone to the scene, creating depth. The brushwork is smooth and precise, giving a solid presence to the forms, especially the buildings. The color palette consists of earth tones with deep shadows, golden yellows, and greens for the fields and a stone wall at the bottom of the painting. The textures of the wall and plants contrast with the smoother forms of the buildings.
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On View

East Building Ground Level, Gallery E106

Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(William Macbeth, Inc., New York); purchased December 1934 by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1932

  • 127th Annual Exhibition in Oil and Sculpture, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1932.

  • Twelfth Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Painting, Cleveland Museum of Art, 1932.

  • Thirteenth Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 4 December 1932-15 January 1933.

1934

  • "Greenland" and Other Subjects by Rockwell Kent, Macbeth Gallery, New York, 7-19 November 1934, no. 20.

1961

  • American Landscape Painters, 1800-1960, Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences, Norfolk, Virginia, 1961, no. 19.

1963

  • A Century and a Half of Amerian Painting: Selections from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Dulin Gallery of Art, Knoxville, 1963, checklist no. 39.

1969

  • Rockwell Kent: The Early Years, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, 1969.

1978

  • American Landscape Tradition, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1978, unpublished checklist.

1980

  • Guy Pene du Bois: Artist About Town, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha; Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, 1980-1981, no. 99.

1982

  • A Distant Harmony: Comparisons in the Painting of Canada and the United States of America, Winnipeg Art Gallery; Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario, 1982-1983.

1985

  • Henri's Circle, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 20 April-16 June 1985, unnumbered checklist.

  • An Enkindled Eye: The Paintings of Rockwell Kent, A Retrospective Exhibition, Santa Barbara Museum of Art; Columbus Museum of Art; Portland Museum of Art, Maine; Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, 1985-1986.

1989

  • Permeable Border: Canadian and American Painting 1920-1940, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 1989-1990.

1994

  • Long-term loan to United States Embassy in Stockholm, 1994-1998.

1998

  • The Forty-Fifth Biennial: The Corcoran Collects, 1907–1998, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 17 July - 29 September 1998, unnumbered catalogue.

1999

  • The View from Asgaard: Rockwell Kent's Adirondack Legacy, The Adirondack Museum, Blue Mountain Lake, New York, 1999-2000.

2013

  • American Journeys: Visions of Place, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 21 September 2013-28 September 2014, unpublished checklist.

Bibliography

2011

  • Cash, Sarah, ed. Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945. Washington, 2011: 305, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q46634508

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