Kent, Rockwell (1882-1971), American painter, printmaker, and illustrator, born in Tarrytown, New York. He attended Columbia University School of Architecture. After 1905 Kent spent most of his time traveling and painting in Maine, New Hampshire, Newfoundland, Greenland, and South America.

Kent preferred painting the stark, bleak aspects of nature. Simple but strong, his landscapes feature formally balanced, decorative areas; Winter (1907, Metropolitan Museum, New York City) is typical of his work. One of the foremost illustrators of the United States, Kent produced wood engravings for Moby Dick, The Canterbury Tales, Shakespeare's plays, and his own books, which include Voyaging: Southward from the Strait of Magellan (1924); these engravings are among his finest achievements in this field.