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Seton Biography
Chronology and facts about Seton’s life
Seton Epic Paintings 1893 to 1895 Biography
Two paintings by Ernest Thompson Seton: Triumph of the Wolves (oil/canvas 53 x 79”) and The Pursuit (oil/canvas 44.5 x 59.5” see below). Images courtesy of National Scouting Museum—Philmont Scout Ranch Two major Seton paintings, Triumph of the Wolves (Triomphe des...
Sleeping Wolf in Paris Biography
Sleeping Wolf, oil, 1891, Academy for the Love of Learning There were worse things than to be an unmarried artist living in Paris in January 1891. Like other foreigners, Seton became a student at Académie Julian. Nude models (shocking! and not available in New York or...
Seton meets Joseph Wolf in 1890 Biography
Hawk study (drawing) by Joseph Wolf drawing from Seton’s personal collection Seton embarked for London in June of 1890, made a brief sojourn to Paris in August, but returned to England for the autumn and early winter. He had been disappointed in France “to find the...
Seton in Toronto and New York 1883-1890 Biography
Untitled, ca. 1880s, Ernest Thompson Seton Brief study of Seton’s day-by-day activity turns up a remarkable restlessness: He seldom remained in one place for long. While the Golden Days of his youth came to end as he decided to settle into a career at the end of 1883,...
Seton and Manitoba 1882-1883 Biography
Great Ring-Billed Gull, Academy for the Love of Learning Upon his return from London (and abandonment of life as an art student), Seton moved back in with his parents for what must have seemed an interminable five months. Apparently the only thing he and his father...
Seton and the Royal Academy in London Biography 1878-1881
In 1879, Two weeks after his nineteenth birthday, Seton settled in London and “opened a new epoch in my life.” He became a literal starving artist. The featured photograph at the head of this essay is a self-portrait drawing from that period. A rustic from the...
Ernest Thompson Seton Top Five Biography Facts
Ernest Thompson Seton had an extraordinary influence on the world during his lifetime. Here are highlights. Detailed consideration for each section will be found elsewhere on this site. 1 Consciousness Raising about Wild Animals At the turn of the 20th century a...
Seton Learns to Paint as Teenager Biography 1870s
Is an artist born naturally gifted with a talent for painting or is it a matter of nurture, or some of each? While we probably can’t know the answer to that for sure, Seton’s first formal painting is extraordinary. Hiking through the Don River Valley, in the woods...
Boy Environmentalist finds Role Models Biography 1870s
There is a wonderful passage in Two Little Savages (and yes, we can only wish that he had chosen a different title) where the adult Seton reflects on what the boy Seton was thinking in the 1870s (referring to himself as “Yan.”). He spent increasing amounts of time,...
The Birds of Canada Seton Biography 1870s
The boy “Squinty” Seton had to put up with a good deal of bullying in the economically poor neighborhood of Toronto in which he found himself. After the disappointing results of the Ontario farming venture, Joseph Thompson brought his family back to city life. The...
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