Rockwell Kent "Wilderness" Centennial Journal

ROCKWELL KENT WILDERNESS CENTENNIAL JOURNAL 100 YEARS LATER by Doug Capra © 2018-19 Part 10 – Wilderness & the Alaska Paintings: Influences & Reviews Aug. 29-31, 2019 ABOVE – An ad for Wilderness in the Dec. 17, 1920 New York Tribune . BELOW – A review of Wilderness in the Aug. 24, 1920 issue of The Guardian (London) Like critic Henry McBride, who calls Kent a young artist (anyone 35 or under in his mind) -- so too, Jesse Lee Bennett, in his March 27, 1920 Baltimore Sun review of Wilderness -- refers to the artist as a youngish artist (“near 40”). While on his quest, seeking a new environment which would bring him vivid new inspiration , Kent doesn’t follow classic footsteps, according to Bennett. If he did he would settle in some bizarre, little-known and exotic place, preferably warm and pleasant. There he should have made sketches and paintings of outlandish folk, preferably in some outlandish style and medium. Next, according to