1907
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Maine Coast is a 1907 unspecified by Rockwell Kent, a American Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see a snowy cliff dropping straight into churning gray waves under a pale winter sky. Rockwell Kent lived on Monhegan Island year-round, not just in summer like most artists. He dug wells, fished for lobster, and built his own house before painting this view from his window. Look up impasto to see how thick paint can make a scene feel alive.
Located off the coast of Maine, Monhegan Island has long drawn artists attracted to its rugged headlands, brooding forests, and dramatic ocean vistas. Unlike most colleagues who visited during summer, Kent built a home and lived there year-round, working as a well digger, lobsterman, and carpenter from 1906–8. This boldly rendered winter scene was painted from his studio window.
Kent loved to paint landscapes in cold, remote areas, including Maine, Alaska, Newfoundland, and Greenland.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Rockwell Kent was an American painter, printmaker, illustrator, writer, sailor, adventurer and voyager.
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