Rockwell Kent "Wilderness" Centennial Journal

ROCKWELL KENT WILDERNESS CENTENNIAL JOURNAL 100 YEARS LATER by Doug Capra © 2018 Part 5 – Into the 1920s November 15-18, 2019 ABOVE – Rockwell Kent with an unknown woman, late 1930s. The inscription reads, "Do you really have etchings there?" This photo and the one below from the Rockwell Kent Gallery, Plattsburgh State University, Plattsburgh, NY. BELOW – Rockwell Kent, second from right, 1915-1920. I’ll tell you that in order to produce good fruit, you need to espalier yourself. You’ll stay that way all your days, your arms stretched out, your mouth open to absorb what’s passing by, what’s around you, in order to draw life from it.          Edgar Degas (1834-1917) in a Nov. 27, 1872 letter The painter may not be a casual tourist letting his work be just a record of astonishment at novelty. Taking the term impressionism literally, we want much deeper insight than the term implies. To call scenes, cult...