Wyeth's valiant and heroic characters created prototypes of our American heroes, which have lasted to set the standard for movie, television, and computer game heroes. The Scribner's Classics have never waned in popularity and, indeed, remain in print to this day. So well received was his first book, that he illustrated a whole range of "boy's adventure books" which came to be known as Scribner's Classics, including Kidnapped, Robin Hood, Robinson Crusoe, The Boy's King Arthur, The Last of the Mohicans, and twenty other titles. NC sold his first illustration to the Post in 1903 at 21 years of age his first book commission was accepted in 1911, illustrating Treasure Island for the noted publisher Charles Scribner's Sons. Beside his many illustration plaudits, NC Wyeth is famous for being the father of artist Andrew Wyeth and the grandfather of artist Jamie Wyeth-a patrimony of major consequence for American art history.
He also illustrated popular children's books with pirates, knights, and brigands, including Treasure Island and Tom Sawyer, establishing visual images of these characters in young readers' minds eyes for generations. Much of NC Wyeth's art embraced an American Western theme, filled with cowboys and Indians, gun fighters and gold miners. An early aficionado of Pyle's, Wyeth became his greatest advocate even settling his family in the Brandywine area, where many of them still live today. During his career, Wyeth painted nearly 4,000 illustrations for many magazines and books. He is the preeminent example of the results of Pyle's teachings, following every precept religiously. Perhaps more than any other student, he took Pyle's dictates completely to heart. One of the most successful illustrators of all time, Newell Convers Wyeth studied under Howard Pyle between 1902-1904 in Chadds Ford. The White Company, by Arthur Conan Doyle, David McKay Company, 1922, 42Ĥ2" x 35", signed and initialed lower rightĤ2” x 29 3/4”, not signed, inscribed lower right "So the four chased the suitors down the hall and smote them right and left"Ĭharles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1924, p. The Odyssey of Homer,by: George Herbert Palmer, 1929, f.pg.
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