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1920 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 1989 Chatham, Massachusetts. Known for: Naive sketches and painting, whales, wild animals, sculpture.
Jean Kent. Brought up by her Main Line family to swim and sail, Vassar-educated Jean Kent trained at the Cambridge School of Design and at Boston's Museum School, then went adventuring, fetching up... Read full biography
Jean Kent. Brought up by her Main Line family to swim and sail, Vassar-educated Jean Kent trained at the Cambridge School of Design and at Boston's Museum School, then went adventuring, fetching up where she belonged, at the edge of the world. Even in eccentric Provincetown she made heads turn on... Read full biography
Jean Kent. Brought up by her Main Line family to swim and sail, Vassar-educated Jean Kent trained at the Cambridge School of Design and at Boston's Museum School, then went adventuring, fetching up where she belonged, at the edge of the world. Even in eccentric Provincetown she made heads turn on Commercial Street-a bulky, five-foot figure in a lumberjack shirt, squinting into the afternoon sun as she ambled toward the Bayer Gallery. Jean Kent was a legend in her lifetime: whenever she went out... Read full biography
Jean Kent. Brought up by her Main Line family to swim and sail, Vassar-educated Jean Kent trained at the Cambridge School of Design and at Boston's Museum School, then went adventuring, fetching up where she belonged, at the edge of the world. Even in eccentric Provincetown she made heads turn on Commercial Street-a bulky, five-foot figure in a lumberjack shirt, squinting into the afternoon sun as she ambled toward the Bayer Gallery. Jean Kent was a legend in her lifetime: whenever she went out on the Dolphin boats, they invariably sighted whales, as if, recognizing her kinship, the giant mammals made a special effort to be present. They were her best subjects caught for a mystical moment as they breached onto her drawing pad, they were,... Read full biography
Jean Kent. Brought up by her Main Line family to swim and sail, Vassar-educated Jean Kent trained at the Cambridge School of Design and at Boston's Museum School, then went adventuring, fetching up where she belonged, at the edge of the world. Even in eccentric Provincetown she made heads turn on Commercial Street-a bulky, five-foot figure in a lumberjack shirt, squinting into the afternoon sun as she ambled toward the Bayer Gallery. Jean Kent was a legend in her lifetime: whenever she went out on the Dolphin boats, they invariably sighted whales, as if, recognizing her kinship, the giant mammals made a special effort to be present. They were her best subjects caught for a mystical moment as they breached onto her drawing pad, they were, like Jean herself, both massive and. graceful, worldly and playful, the quintessence of whaleness. Jean's work, at first gl... Read full biography
Jean Kent - Artist Info
About Jean Kent: Keywords
Keywords (14)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Cape Cod, Massachusetts
- •Provincetown, Massachusetts
Art School
- •School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Student
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty
- •Miniature Specialty