Deep River High School - This Year Yearbook (Deep River, CT)

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.Q t il ...I . A ,- .gk . V 1, X. .N lx. x lic became interested in mural paintings and illus- itrations and we now come to the early twentieth century painters. Figure and por- ftrait painting seemed to I, x fade during this period and probably the most important treason was the camera. It had by this time reached a fair degree of perfection and people did not care to make from. ten to twenty sittings have their pic tures when they could oo tain them by photography with one an so a new fphase is ushered in to the ,f American public, mural p inting and illustrations, and th t is how we come to Hofard Pyle, the most not ed general illustrator of the day Pyle was loved by the American people because of his hundreds of illus trations which they could understand Pyle first started his art training by writing short storie and illustr ting them dur ing h s Hoff hours They became so popular th t he soon gave up his other bus ines nd dcvoied his whole time to Jriting and p int ing Pyle also vainted murals of distinct merit, and many of these are new located in the Wilmington Institute Libr ry special gallery devoted to his xerks American art is Rockwell Kent who s a schoolboy was a real trial to his teach fers He was not bad but simply had too strong mind of his own nd as a result he w s always at the 1 foot of his class Later as a student of architect . 1 f '. f .,c - n eoo c ,oy,ocooeooe ooo o,co c do X ure at Columbia his stand- , 1 ings were so high that hisji family realized his intel-.i ligence. He soon tired of architecture and as a di- rect outcome he started tdf study painting. Bleak places and sdlitude far away from the haunts of man have always held a fascin- ation for him and his trav- eling naturn carried him tel far and distant places where he retained his mem cries on canvas Kent us- ually visualizes an entire theme before he puts stroke on canvas his paintings have that re alistic spect bout them Mr Kent always had dre ms of going around the world ture more the time most little cr ft to pic still stranger and desolate places been s id t at rt portrays the and this seems the logical nswer for our l test phase of p inting c llcd surre lism This type of painting proves confusing, but it is prob ably the rtists only may of relieveing the tension th t his enveloped all of us during the past decade And row in sumring up Amer ican P inting we find have come a long way since the fir t portr it painters of he coloni 1 period Although our painting has to time by the art of other countries we re new quite individu l and one can truly say HAMGFIC Paints A Picture As arts reflect the spirit of the times so does the youth of a n tion re Continued on page 25 :Y ' f 'f 1 X f I 1 . . S d af 1 and all f ' ' ., 3 Q f ' ' a a . - ' ' , . r C ,- V I - 1 I . ,xi . . . . . 'ln an in a a . -f if . ' . rx , f ' 1 A4 . 0 J? V3 a , ' It has , a h pf ff ' Ha ' 3 . . '- S A ' Q1 su- . ' . . c. EL ' ff ' -S a L - a' ' -- 3 . nfl 5 Q ' ' ' I n 5 . 1 H M. , . Xf ,W . A L a ' ' ' -Q , I ' a ' We H S , , ' c 1 u U ! 't'1 v ' ' Ya' - .,. 5 O 1 f L F C K 5 v 1 A ' ' . Q .V J. 7 D 1 . V .F . . 0 ,-. S' H -J . a in a 3 - Q- ' ! -fl l V t . Q 1 . . . H It it Tve arCh'adv?nturer in been influenced from time!! 1 -'I 1 . 1 f ' fi ' I 0 H , - , Q . , 3 , I . . . Q . . A , r 0 ' e X . L '. F 1 . . 3 n. z 'g a fl Z1 'r' XX . I Q ' .. -, .-4-' - A- ,-v, -, .--.. A VV .- l A .V lv 4 I., A Q! .F -I I wifi..-'fd ,,... -,.. ,. ..., . .. :1-1 .,-...., , ,... ,-,.. . , 'TE , . ..., . , affix .. . . .. 'A .. -o,

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