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NC Wyeth
American Golden Age Illustrator, 1882-1945
1882-1945,was an American artist and illustrator. He was the star pupil of the artist Howard Pyle, and became one of America's greatest illustrators. During his lifetime, Wyeth created over 3,000 paintings and illustrated 112 books,25 of them for Scribner's, the work for which he is best known. Wyeth was a realist painter just as the camera and photography began to compete with his craft. Sometimes seen as melodramatic, his illustrations were designed to be understood quickly Wyeth who was both a painter and an illustrator, understood the difference, and said in 1908,
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Painting ID:: 35057
Daniel Boone
mk99
1940
Oil with some areas of tempera on panel
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Painting ID:: 35058
George Washington at Yorktown
mk99
1940
Oil with some areas of tempera on panel
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Painting ID:: 35059
Captain John Paul Jones
mk99
1940
Oil with some areas of tempera on panel
27x25in
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Painting ID:: 35060
A New World in View
mk99
1943
Oil on canvas
27x39 1-2in
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Painting ID:: 35061
Columbus Sights the New World
mk99
1942
Oil on gesso board
26x23in
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NC Wyeth
American Golden Age Illustrator, 1882-1945
1882-1945,was an American artist and illustrator. He was the star pupil of the artist Howard Pyle, and became one of America's greatest illustrators. During his lifetime, Wyeth created over 3,000 paintings and illustrated 112 books,25 of them for Scribner's, the work for which he is best known. Wyeth was a realist painter just as the camera and photography began to compete with his craft. Sometimes seen as melodramatic, his illustrations were designed to be understood quickly Wyeth who was both a painter and an illustrator, understood the difference, and said in 1908,
. Related Artists to NC Wyeth: | Claude Gillot | Jean Greuze | Theodore Gericault | John James Audubon | VOS, Paul de |
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