Happy 125th Birthday Mr. Newell Convers Wyeth!

[Ostrander]

Celebrating one of America's greatest illustrators.
http://www.ncwyeth.org/
http://www.brandywinemuseum.org/
http://www.tfaoi.com/newsmu/nmus82e.htm
http://www.bpib.com/illustrat/wyeth.htm
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/wyeth_nc.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N.C._Wyeth


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[Micaiah Nelson]

Thats fukin awsome

[chaosrocks]

I have Robin Hood
and the Boy's King Arthur in first edition.

anyone anywhy near Phildelphia can go see the paintings at the free library

chaos

[DavePalumbo]

whoa! I was just at the Brandywine Museum enjoying some fine N.C. paintings yesterday!

[Moai]

You can certainly tell what kind of clouds he liked to paint.:P
Beautiful paintings.

[S.C. Watson]

Wyeth was an awesome artist. I've always enjoyed his works since I was a kid.

~Oreg.

[N D Hill]

Wyeth is amazing. We have a pretty large collection of his work here in Portland at the art museum. His brush handling and layering is amazing to see up close. He's a true master of color. He can seemingly extract a whole range out of an predominantly ocre scheme or insert vivid primaries where you'd never think to put them but in such a way that's so complimentary that it seems perfectly natural.

[kev ferrara]

Mongo fan of NC here! I've hit the Brandywine and Delaware museums 5 times to see his stuff in person. They're huge! And chunky! I remember seeing the treasure Island illo, the one where the pirates are gathered around as one guy cuts a square hole through the pages of a book. And the lighting is just magnificent. And the paint was beyond robust. It was practically bas relief.

And when I sidled up the painting, I noticed -- There were little dried chunks of cadmium yellow light on the floor. I quickly called over the nearest person in uniform and was told, with a shrug, "that happens all the time."

!!

Illustration House in NYC has also had some amazing Wyeths.

kev

[Elwell]

Happy birthday, you magnificent, crazy bastard!

Anyone who's in NYC can see a rotating selection of his Robin Hood paintings at the Donnel Library's children's room (53rd between 5th and 6th, across from MoMA). While you're there , say high to the original Winnie-the-Pooh and friends, as well.

[Idiot Apathy]

I wish you the best man, I will never forget that time we went drinking and then drove around hitting mailboxes with bats and such. YEHAW!

[kev ferrara]

I will never forget that time we went drinking and then drove around hitting mailboxes with bats and such.

Felonious Thunk.

[sweetoblivion314]

If you go to the Brandywine Museum before noon on sunday its free :)
His paintings are amazing, especially in person. The other cool thing to see is his studio. Its kinda crazy to be looking around where he worked. Really cool and really huge.

[bhanu]

Happy birthday Mr. Wyeth,
Your stuff rocks like hell. thanks for inspiring so many people all around the world and entertaining even more.........

[Dizon]

Happy Birthday! Wherever you are...

[briggsy@ashtons]

Sorry I missed your birthday, old man, but here are some presents from archive.org anyway. From what I've checked so far they all seem to be nice scans:

The throwback: a romance of the Southwest (1906)
http://www.archive.org/details/throwback00lewirich

Arizona nights (c1907)
http://www.archive.org/details/arizonanights00whitrich

Whispering Smith (1908 [c1906)
http://www.archive.org/details/whisperingsmith00spearich

The song of Hiawatha (c1908 )
http://www.archive.org/details/songofhiawatha00long2

Susanna and Sue (c1909)
http://www.archive.org/details/susannasue00wigg

The long roll (1911)
http://www.archive.org/details/longrollmary00johnrich

Treasure Island (c1911)
http://www.archive.org/details/treasureisland00stev

Cease firing (1912)
http://www.archive.org/details/ceasefiring00johnuoft

The sampo; a wonder tale of the old North ([c1912])
http://www.archive.org/details/sampowondertaleo00bald

Blackfeet Indian stories (c1913)
http://www.archive.org/details/blackfeetindians00grin

Letters of a woman homesteader (1914)
http://www.archive.org/details/lettersofwomanho00stewuoft

The drums of the 47th (c1914)
http://www.archive.org/details/drumsof47th00burd

Nan of Music Mountain (1916)
http://www.archive.org/details/nanofmusic00spearich

The mysterious stranger : a romance (1916)
http://www.archive.org/details/mysteriousstranger00twairich

The black arrow : a tale of the two Roses ([c1916])
http://www.archive.org/details/blackarrowtaleof00stev

Robin Hood (1917)
http://www.archive.org/details/robinhood00cresrich

The last of the Mohicans : a narrative of 1757 (1919)
http://www.archive.org/details/19lastmohicans00cooprich

Robinson Crusoe (1920)
http://www.archive.org/details/robinsoncrusoe00defo

The courtship of Miles Standish (1920)
http://www.archive.org/details/courtshipofmiles001long

Rip Van Winkle (c1921)
http://www.archive.org/details/ripvanwinkle00irvi

Poems of American patriotism (c1922)
http://www.archive.org/details/poemsofamericanp00matt

Vandemark's folly (c1922)
http://www.archive.org/details/vandermarksfolly00hawtrich