tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613902890681868820.post270434131892557237..comments2023-11-27T03:48:51.986-05:00Comments on Howard Pyle: The Song of Captain KiddIan Schoenherrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04906881923887306477noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613902890681868820.post-23049326493707554992013-10-07T07:49:29.720-04:002013-10-07T07:49:29.720-04:00I'll keep an eye out for tricks - so far it...I'll keep an eye out for tricks - so far it's not turning up in my transcriptions. <br /><br />And I'm working on a Puppet of Fate post - love that painting.Ian Schoenherrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04906881923887306477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613902890681868820.post-27499552599654024012013-10-06T10:39:22.724-04:002013-10-06T10:39:22.724-04:00Thanks Ian. I guess I could have been thinking of ...Thanks Ian. I guess I could have been thinking of the line "short-cut training" but I'm pretty sure the quote I'm recalling has Wyeth using the word "tricks."<br /><br />Anyhow, best wishes from a fellow Pyle fanatic,<br />kev f<br /><br />P.S. You may know this already, but the new Heritage Auction online catalog has a Pyle painting from Puppet of Fate.kev ferrarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09509572970616136990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613902890681868820.post-65674599627644740422013-10-03T13:33:22.214-04:002013-10-03T13:33:22.214-04:00I'm not sure if anything like that is in "...I'm not sure if anything like that is in "The Wyeths" (Gambit, 1971), but then there's also a 1909 letter Wyeth wrote to Allen True (now at Archives of American Art) in which he said: <br /><br />"None of us know ANYTHING. Howard Pyle’s teaching is a terrible blight to all who studied with him. He is responsible for spoiling the possible opportunities of a number of fellowsIan Schoenherrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04906881923887306477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613902890681868820.post-37496755666927306352013-10-03T11:32:17.633-04:002013-10-03T11:32:17.633-04:00Hi Ian, hope you're well...
Unrelated to this...Hi Ian, hope you're well...<br /><br />Unrelated to this particular post... I'm trying to find the quote where N.C. Wyeth accuses Pyle of teaching him a "collection of tricks." I don't think I imagined this quote, but I suppose I may have gotten it garbled. Do you recall it?<br /><br />Best,<br />kevkev ferrarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09509572970616136990noreply@blogger.com