Wednesday, December 12, 2018

among other things I discovered in art today, was that Wyeth had made a painting for Fisk Tires, and Edison Mazda light bulbs


In the early twentieth century, N. C. Wyeth created illustrations for new editions of popular adventure books, including Treasure Island and The Last of the Mohicans.

He brought the same lively spirit and talent for depicting action to his portrayals of the West, drawn partly from a brief experience there in 1904, and perhaps owing even more to the work of Frederic Remington. This painting, a model for a 1919 advertisement for Fisk Cord Tires, makes visual reference to the common notion that Indians, no matter how noble or quaint, were doomed to be left in the dust of modern technology.

https://www.joslyn.org/education/teachers/thursdays-for-teachers/teacher-support-materials-details.aspx?ID=908

http://www.dreamgardener.com/wyethcarvers%20of%20the%20sphixtop.html

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