Pulpit Rock, 1913

Provenance

Goldfield Galleries, Los Angeles, circa 1970s
Private Collection, California, acquired from the above
Private Collection, Rhode Island, acquired from above, until 2025
Private collection, New York, New York

Related Works

Sunlit Sea, 1913, oil on board, signed and dated lower right: Kroll 1913; Monhegan Museum of Art & History, Monhegan, Maine

Calves Hole, Folly Cove, 1915, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right: Kroll 1915; Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester, Massachusetts

Note

Leon Kroll was a highly accomplished painter, lithographer, teacher and art critic. Born in New York, he studied at the Art Students League of New York under John Henry Twachtman in the late 1800s. Kroll’s achievements were extensive, earning him awards from institutions such as the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Salmagundi Club, the Pan-Pacific Exposition, the Art Institute of Chicago, the National Academy of Design, the Carnegie Institute, the National Arts Club, the International Exposition in Paris, and many more. Beyond his figurative work, he drew inspiration from his surroundings, painting landscapes and seascapes such as Pulpit Rock near his summer home in Maine.