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FEB. 25, 2020 WORKING TOWARD ROCKWELL KENT'S 1935 TRIP TO ALASKA

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ROCKWELL KENT WILDERNESS CENTENNIAL JOURNAL 100 YEARS LATER by Doug Capra © 2018 Working Toward Rockwell Kent’s 1935 Visit To Alaska Feb. 24, 2019 ABOVE – Rockwell and Kathleen Kent’s children in Antibes,France , circa 1923, From right: Rockie, Kathleen, Clara, Barbara, Gordon. After returning from his Tierra del Fuego journey, Rockwell sent Kathleen and the children off to France while he retreated to his farm at Arlington, Vermont to work on his second book and complete his new paintings. BELOW – Rockwell and Kathleen Kent’s children at Nice, France circa 1923. From left: Kathleen, Clara, Barbara, Gordon.  They are dressed for and have participated in the famous Nice Carnival of Flowers.   Rockie may have been at times back in the states with his father. My original intent was to move quickly from about 1922-23 to 1935 when Rockwell Kent returned to Alaska under a grant from the Works Progress Administration (WPA) to paint a mural for the Post