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March 23, 2007

Fine Art Friday

This week I'd like to showcase another of my favorite illustrators. My library in my hometown had lots of books illustrated by N. C. Wyeth (and his mentor, Howard Pyle--maybe I'll focus on him next week). It was a good day when I could get hold of one of these illustrated classics. What's not to like about the dramatic and dynamic manly-man world portrayed? Let's stroll down memory lane and look at some of the illustrations:

wyethCrusoesRaft.bmp

Crusoe's Raft


WyethExcaliburAcquired.bmp

Excalibur Acquired


wyethmohicans

The Last of the Mohicans


WyethWilliamWallace

William Wallace


WyethPiratesCaptive

Pirate's Captive


wyethrobinhood

Robin Hood


And finally, because the Mamas are nothing if not proudly parochial:

WyethLastStandattheAlamo.bmp
Last Stand at the Alamo


Posted by MamaT at March 23, 2007 6:50 AM

Comments

i never got the impression that william wallace was so ... er, shall we say light in his loafers?

Posted by: smockmomma at March 23, 2007 9:02 AM

What a feast! Thanks.

Posted by: Carol at Magistra Mater at March 23, 2007 10:59 AM

Smock, I think that's definitely before he turned into Mel Gibson and painted his face blue!

Posted by: MamaT at March 23, 2007 9:40 PM

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