Ньюэлл Конверс Уайет (1882–1945) - один из величайших иллюстраторов и живописцев двадцатого века; учился у Говарда Пайла с 1902 по 1904 год и, как мне видится, усвоил философии учителя о том, что смысл образа постигается посредством "ментальной проекциии" художника. Ньюэлл Конверс Уайет создал 3000 картин и проиллюстрировал 112 книг. Картины, созданные маэстро, действительно ментальны и проецируют позицию единственного наблюдателя — самого художника: они живут, звучат и запоминаются; к ним непременно хочется вернуться. Динамизм и сложность композиции; превосходный цвет и умелое распределение света, контрастирующего с глубоко отбрасываемой тенью; и нечто трансцендентное, излучающее яркую эмоциональность, которая мгновенно передается зрителю, заставляя его глубоко сопереживать персонажам истории — таков визуальный стиль Ньюэлла Конверса Уайета.
Newell Convers Wyeth (1882-1945) was one of the greatest illustrators and painters of the twentieth century. He studied under Howard Pyle between 1902 and 1904 and assimilated the teacher’s philosophy to capture natural aspects and meanings through "mental projection." The artist created 3,000 paintings and illustrated 112 books. The paintings created by the maestro are really mental: they live, sound, and are remembered; you definitely want to return to them. Dynamism and complexity of composition; excellent color and skillful distribution of light contrasting with deeply cast shadow; and something transcendental, radiating a vibrant emotionality that is immediately transmitted to the viewer, forcing him to intensely empathize with the characters in the story—this is the visual style of Newell Convers Wyeth. Wyeth himself called his philosophy of illustration a polysemantic term—"sight seen," which I would translate as the ability to look and convey what is seen to the viewer from the position of a single observer—the artist himself. That is, this is a form of presenting material in which the utmost accuracy of realities and carefully thought-out fantasies are not simply the artist's goal to convince the viewer of something but to present the event as a self-evident fact, which the viewer knew about and with which he has always agreed. Wyeth's gaze is the gaze of a child—from bottom to top, the enthusiastic gaze of a boy; it is the artist's memory of the experiences, dreams, and fantasies of childhood and youth; of the bright sun and of large trees casting long afternoon shadows; of a multi-colored, contrasting world full of movement, mysteries, and discoveries—these are our feelings awakened by the artist.
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