Winter, Monhegan Island

Rockwell Kent

1907 · Oil on canvas · Modern and Contemporary Art

Kent studied painting under Robert Henri at the New York School of Art, where his classmates were Edward Hopper and George Bellows. Encouraged by his teacher to see Maine, he visited Monhegan Island in 1905 and built a home and studio there that he used year-round (through 1910). This view of neighboring islands⁠—Manana, Smutty Nose, and Little Smutty Nose⁠—and a lone fishing dory was included in his first one-man show in New York (April 1907). Although the show was a critical success, no works were sold, and Kent gave this painting to Henri in appreciation for his support.

Artist

Rockwell Kent

Date

1907

Medium

Oil on canvas

Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Credit line

George A. Hearn Fund, 1917