Artist study: N.C Wyeth.
Wyeth was an American painter, widely known for some of his famous pieces that include The Last Mohicans (1826), or Treasure Island (1883). He was amazing at using colour and light to show that his pieces had a story behind each one of them. Wyeth was born on October 22nd 1882, in Needham. When he was young, his parents put him in private classes, where he studied with George L. Noyes, in 1901.
In 1902, Wyeth joined his friends and enrolled in Howard Pyle's school of art. Pyle at that time was considered to be the Father of American illustration, which greatly influenced Wyeth and quickly learnt his techniques and principals.
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The piece that stood out for me was the Robinson Crusoe illustration of 1920. It shows how Wyeth relies on foreshadowing, and dark, moody backgrounds which might have been due to the influence of World War 1 which he happened to be around when it started in 1914 to 1918. The illustration shows a soldier who I assume was stranded on an island with his musket, looking out out at the open sea with hope of spotting a ship.
REFERENCE:
brandon (2012). N.C. Wyeth Biography (1882–1945) - Life of an American Illustrator. [online] Totally History. Available at: https://totallyhistory.com/n-c-wyeth/ [Accessed 20 May 2024].
This is very low level and the first paragraph seems to be pasted in from another source - when you look at another artist/designer use their work to give you ideas for what you are doing - this is not a box ticking exercise. Edit this post and improve on what you already have here. Including sketches of your own work to compare and contrast with Wyeth's work would help....
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