PART 3 -- JULY 14 - 18, 2018: CARL RUGGLES AND ROCKWELL KENT
ROCKWELL KENT WILDERNESS CENTENNIAL JOURNAL 100 YEARS LATER by Doug Capra © 2018-19 Part 3 - Carl Ruggles & Rockwell Kent July 14-18, 2019 ABOVE – Rockwell Kent, Rockwell Kent Gallery, Plattsburgh State University, Plattsburgh, N.Y. During his first few years in Vermont, Kent makes brief trips to New York and meets with Ruggles, his wife, Charlotte and their son, Micah. Back in Vermont, he writes to the composer on Oct. 15, 1919. Today I begin again to paint! So it’s a great day in my life. His book with the pen and inks is being edited, designed and set it type, so now he can prepare for the 1920 show of the paintings. From the time they meet, Kent and Ruggles not only encourage one another but also do what they can to help each other’s careers. During 1920, Ruggles is giving music lessons to Mrs. Janet MacDonald Grace, wife of the shipping magnet Joseph P. Grace of Grace Lines ( Second Link ). She loved Kent’s cover design for Toys – extre