PART 2 OF 5 -- THE NOT-SO-QUIET ADVENTURE
Resurrection bay at 11:55 a.m. on Monday, January 14, 2018. Capra photo. NOTE – This article is Part 2 of 4 of a somewhat revised version of the lecture I delivered at the Anchorage (Alaska) Museum of History and Art on Nov. 9, 2018 as part of a one-day Rockwell Kent Symposium. If you’ve been reading this website you realize there is much more to the story. I’ve tried to incorporate some of new information in this draft, but I advise those interested to check out this entire website for a more coherent context. This revised article focuses on the emotional baggage Rockwell brought to Alaska. I've used various sources, especially his letters to his amour Hildegarde and his wife, Kathleen – and Kathleen’s letters to him. Kent and Kathleen's letters are courtesy of the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institute. The Hildegarde letters are courtesy of the Butler Library, Columbia University. Kent can escape into the wilderness -- and there is the “qui...