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| SgtMunro |
Posted - December 04 2003 : 1:53:15 PM
Another artist, probably the one who helped inspire both Griffing and Buxton, of the F&IW subject, was Pittsburgh's own Nat Youngblood. His work was commisioned originally to decorate the walls of the Ft. Pitt Museum, by which he worked extensively with Charles Stotz. For those who have seen George Washington's First War, will immediately recognize his work displayed in the movie. The Allegheny Land Trust is offering Mr. Youngblood's work in a print format (15 X 20), the link to their site is below:
http://www.alleghenylandtrust.org/FIW/FIWPrintImages.html
Your Most Humble Servant,
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| Highlander |
Posted - December 28 2003 : 4:34:38 PM
What I found out to be truly ironic,was that in the 1970's,all of the Youngblood paintings were down at the Ft.Pitt Museum.Then,some of the half-sized ones went out the back door into some collector's hands.
Fast forward to 2002 when the St.Clair Country club has an auction where,low and behold,Mellon Bank puts in the highest bid for these paintings and donates them back to the Fort Pitt Museum where they should have never left in the first place.
Anyway,the Virginian has some of them in storage,and one or two at Bushy Run.Talk about pearls before swine.
If one were to take a gander at "George Washington's First War" www.paladincom.com they would see that the director has several of these paintings throughout the production.Quite nicely done I would say. |
| 42ndNCO |
Posted - December 04 2003 : 9:01:57 PM
Hear, Hear to Mr. Youngblood's prints! For those who've not seen them, they offer(IMHO), a different artistic style. Youngblood's blended watercolors contrast with the minute detail offered by Troiani's, Buxton's or Griffing's works. Despite this however, they have a "fog of war" feeling and motion about them that draws a viewer in. I was fortunate enough to see them at the spring screening of "Washington's First War".
Recommend anyone with a taste for colonial frontier-era art check them out! |
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