by David L. Witt | Apr 6, 2020 | Endangered, Gallery
Ernest Thompson Seton (1860-1946) The Thought, Reproduction from original drawing, 1901, collection of the Academy for the Love of Learning. The mastery of mankind (literally, a white man) over nature. (The regenerative aspect of nature is represented by a bird that...
by David L. Witt | Mar 30, 2020 | Seton 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...
by David L. Witt | Mar 26, 2020 | Seton Biography
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...
by David L. Witt | Mar 9, 2020 | Guest Writers
Photograph of young Louise Sangree with her parents and siblings. She is standing in left profile, back against a tree. The following handwritten 1902 letter from a remarkably observant young woman, Louise “Luise” Sangree, is important for being a first-hand account...
by David L. Witt | Mar 4, 2020 | Gallery, More Beautiful and Amazing
Sherry Wolf, Nature’s Array, Ceramic and acrylic paint/2019 “More Beautiful and Amazing” Seton Gallery exhibition 2019-2020 Seton thought of nature as a mosaic, an infinity of interconnected pieces. Sherry Wolf took him at his word in creating her piece for the...
