The Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Florida, has recently acquired six new works, gifts from long-time museum supporters Priscilla and John Richman. The works are by six different artists, four of whom spent a great deal of time painting the West or Western themes. The four artists are Thomas Hart Benton, Robert Henri, John Sloan and Rockwell Kent. Two additional works are by prominent impressionists Abbott Fuller Graves and Frederick Carl Frieseke.
Rockwell Kent (1882-1971), Holsteinberg, Greenland, 1933, oil on canvas, 27½ x 33½”. Gift of Priscilla and John Richman, 2019.20. Rights courtesy of Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA, Rockwell Kent Collection. Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton. All rights reserved.
“The six new paintings from the Richmans, when added to the five pictures they gave to the Norton in 2014, constitute one of the most significant gifts of American art ever made to the museum. The donation includes the institution’s first paintings by such major artists as Thomas Hart Benton, Frederick Frieseke, and Rockwell Kent, as well as important works by Robert Henri and John Sloan,” says curator Ellen Roberts. “Thanks to the Richmans’ generosity, the Norton will be able to present a more thorough history of American art for generations to come.”
The Kent piece, Holsteinberg, Greenland, was painted in 1933 and shows the artist’s vibrant and also dramatic style of landscape painting. The work shows a rocky landscape with a flat area in the middle where a town has been started. His sparse scenes and vivid compositions, as well as his grand land features, have made him a favorite for Western collectors.
The new works are now on view in the exhibition The Priscilla and John Richman Gift of American Impressionism and Realism, which continues through March 15, 2019. For more information visit www.norton.org.—
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