by David L. Witt | Dec 18, 2020 | Guest Writers
“Lobo,” a contemporary “Collie Dog” Seton’s first best seller, Wild Animals I Have Known, propelled him to fame and considerable wealth as a proverbial overnight success in December 1898. The following year The American Naturalist published a review in Vol. XXXIII on...
by David L. Witt | Dec 11, 2020 | Curator's Notes
The novelist Anya Seton has received well deserved attention in a new biography by Lucinda H. MacKethan. My first encounter with a Seton came at a very young age. My mother’s extensive collection of novels included several by Anya. The daughter of two writers – Ernest...
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 | Nov 19, 2020 | Curator's Notes
Wild Animals I Have Known, published by Gibbs Smith, 2020, copyrighted cover art by Seth Lucas How many copies of Wild Animals I Have Known by Ernest Thompson Seton are in print? Hundreds of thousands at least if not more in many editions. Seton’s best seller was...
by David L. Witt | Nov 16, 2020 | Seton Artwork
Untitled Paintings by Seton – Click images to enlarge Landscape painting has a surprisingly short history. That is, where nature itself is the subject, not as backdrop for human activities and architecture. H.W. Janson’s massive History of Art doesn’t even list...
