Sledgehammer sentimentality.
Rockwell Kent Quotes
Art must unquestionably have a social value; that is, as a potential means of communication it must be addressed, and in comprehensible terms, to the understanding of mankind.
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| Birth: | 21st June, 1882 |
| Death: | 13th March, 1971 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Painter, Writer |
About
Rockwell Kent was born in Tarrytown, New York, the same year as fellow American artists George Bellows and Edward Hopper. Kent lived much of his early life in and around New York City where he attended the Horace Mann School, and moved in his mid-40s to an Adirondack farmstead that he called Asgaard where he lived and painted until his death.
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