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Summary

Rockwell Kent's political life and his famed woodcut book illustrations eclipse his magnificent paintings and drawings largely produced in the far North. Distant Shores: The Odyssey of Rockwell Kent reproduces 80 of these little-known works; the accompanying essays relate them to Kent's colorful life.

Author Biography

Constance Martin is curator of the exhibition, art historian, author, and research associate at the Arctic Institute of North America at the University of Calgary.

Table of Contents

Lenders to the Exhibition 6(1)
Foreword 7(2)
Acknowledgments 9(2)
Rockwell Kent: Before the Odyssey
11(6)
Richard V. West
Rockwell Kent: The Odyssey
17(96)
Constance Martin
Monhegan
20(3)
Newfoundland
23(2)
Alaska
25(5)
Tierra del Fuego
30(2)
Moby Dick and Greenland
32(4)
Greenland: The Second and Third Visits
36(10)
Conclusion
46(2)
The Paintings
Maine
48(12)
Newfoundland
60(8)
Alaska
68(16)
Tierra del Fuego
84(4)
Greenland
88(25)
Rockwell Kent: After the Odyssey
113(9)
Richard V. West
Chronology 122(1)
Exhibition List 123(3)
Photographic Credits 126(1)
Selected Bibliography 126(2)
Index 128

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