APRIL 1, 2019 -- HAPPY APRIL FOOL'S DAY!
ROCKWELL KENT WILDERNESS CENTENNIAL JOURNAL 100 YEARS LATER by Doug Capra © 2018-19 April 1, 2019 HAPPY APRIL FOOL’S DAY! ABOVE – Rockwell Kent is fourth from the left in this photo. He loved a practical joke. He loved theatrics. He and his family often performed their own plays, and he and Kathleen participated in community theater. His close friend, George Chappell, was actively involved in NYC’s theater world, and Kent had many connections there. I don’t know the context of this photo. Perhaps some Kent fan or scholar can inform us. It looks like it might be from a play or sketch. The photos in this entry are courtesy of the Rockwell Kent Gallery, Plattsburgh State University, Plattsburgh, N.Y. BELOW – Sometimes Kent could go too far with what he considered practical jokes. He learned that in Newfoundland during World War I. This photo shows him standing in front of his little studio at Brigus, Newfoundland. When he learned locals thought he migh...