by David L. Witt | Feb 24, 2021 | Seton Biography
Untitled bear, 19th Century, Ernest Thompson Seton Following the success of Art Anatomy, Seton received a major illustration assignment for Bird-Life (1897), an avian natural history book and identification key by the ornithologist Frank M. Chapman. A second book...
by David L. Witt | Dec 24, 2020 | Seton Biography
The Anatomy of the Greyhound. The Important Muscles (reproduced from the book). Seton published a major work in 1896, Studies in the Art Anatomy of Animals. It is an exquisite blending of art and science. The two years of Seton’s life following his return east from...
by David L. Witt | Dec 4, 2020 | Seton 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...
by David L. Witt | Jun 3, 2020 | Seton 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...
by David L. Witt | Apr 20, 2020 | Seton 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...
by David L. Witt | Apr 15, 2020 | Seton 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,...
