Rockwell Kent "Wilderness" Centennial Journal

Rockwell Kent Wilderness Centennial Journal 100 Years Later by Doug Capra © 2020) Part 2 – Rockwell Kent 1928-35 Victoria Ebbels Hutson, Leon Debo & Walter Pach January 28- 31, 2020 ABOVE – Victoria Hunley 1963. Photo inscribed to her daughter, Hazel. Huntly papers online at the Archives of American Art. BELOW – An article about Rockwell Kent from the April 26, 1925 Brooklyn Daily Eagle. The artist has recently returned from Tierra del Fuego. Even before his third book, N by E is published as a Literary Guild selection, Kent’s fame has become legendary. This article begins: As all the world knows, that is, the reading and art loving world, Rockwell Kent has made a trip to the ends of the earth… The Besetting Sin of America The besetting sin of America is lack of faith in our artists and thinkers. We have furnished some of the greatest artists, such as Whistler, Sargent and Mary Cassatt, yet we could not keep them here because we did

100 YEARS LATER by Doug Capra © 2019 Part 1 – Rockwell Kent 1928-1935 January  21-24 ,   2020 ABOVE – Victoria Ebbels Hutson Huntley (1900-1971) working with one of her lithography stones. Photo from the Huntley papers online from the Archives of American Art. The story of her professional relationship with Rockwell Kent is told in the next two entries. He helped her advance her career and she was very grateful. SOURCE BELOW – While teaching art in Texas, Victoria discovered the talent of one of her students -- Texie Myers. I tell that story below. This photo of Myers with one of her sculptures is from the May 21, 1922 Vancouver Sun (British Columbia). Eternal Man Beneath Momentary Man “History has its truth, and so has legend. Legendary truth is of another nature than historical truth. Legendary truth is invention whose result is reality. Furthermore, history and legend have the same goal; to depict eternal man beneath momentary man.” ―  Vi