NOVEMBER 24 - 27 SOME THOUGHTS; MODERNISM, FREE LOVE, AND GENDER
ROCKWELL KENT WILDERNESS CENTENNIAL JOURNAL 100 YEARS LATER by Doug Capra © 2018 SOME THOUGHTS: Modernism, Free Love, and Gender November 24-27, 2019 ABOVE – Mabel Dodge. Photo Source. BELOW – Neith Boyce in 1900. Photo Source. SOME THOUGHTS Modernism, Free Love and Gender Sorry this post has taken so long, but it has taken me more time than expected to get through many sources – and still, this is only a gloss on a complicated topic. I’ve been trying to decide how much detail to go into as I work my way through Kent’s life up to his return to Alaska in 1935. Initially, I had planned a quick transition. There’s much to be told about his art and his rise to fame. I’ve found quite interesting Kathleen’s letters from France to Rockwell and Rockwell’s letters to both his wife and Frances Lee, the woman he will marry after his divorce becomes final in 1926. I don’t think these letters have been covered in detail by other writers and ...