Some Western Art From N. C.

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Gunfight, 1916.


Hands Up!, 1906.


Hickock At Cards, 1916.


Roping Horses At The Corral, 1904.


The James Brothers In Missouri


The Last Stand


The Tomahawk


The Great Train Robbery, 1912


Behind Simpson's Dead Mule Barricade, 1916


An Indian War Party, 1925.


The Virtue Of Niels Hansen, 1914


The Water Burial, 1906.


Newll Convers Wyeth, 1882 - 1945.  After a few months study under the masterful Howard Pyle, he sold his first illustration for the cover of the Saturday Evening Post in 1903, he was 20.  N. C.  completed over 4000 painting in his lifetime.  Died in a collision with a train in 1945, his 4 year old grandson died with him.

https://youtu.be/I7TK2Ro2bdM

A more kinetic version of this artistic genre courtesy of Joel and Ethan Coen.  


Comments

  1. AndibiMay 14, 2020 at 9:51 PM

    Cool -- I didn't know that N.C. did so much Western-themed stuff. I also don't know much about his personal life, but I could rattle off a long list of extraordinary talents who were less than admirable people. For some reason, I think artists should be moral paragons, but I guess they're like everyone else...

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    1. Billy D BunnyMay 21, 2020 at 4:12 PM

      Artists as moral paragons? Maybe in Maine! Like, I'm so sure!

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  2. chaosfive55May 15, 2020 at 1:07 PM

    An American Master..

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  3. AndibiMay 22, 2020 at 1:27 AM

    Nah, they're jerks up here, too. I won't name names, because some of them are still alive...

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