tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post8627921338345588290..comments2024-03-29T03:40:49.981-04:00Comments on Today's Inspiration: Luminaries of the NCS: Leonard Starrleifpenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07232334860061949895noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-30632750931983952802010-06-19T02:47:33.724-04:002010-06-19T02:47:33.724-04:00Oops, I think I posted my comment with another Goo...Oops, I think I posted my comment with another Google account I created for my daughters birth announcement!<br />Here is my usual online profile, I hope.<br />Damn you Google...Movieboardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13926039405805947699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-12194736017535732582010-06-19T02:15:22.646-04:002010-06-19T02:15:22.646-04:00What a remarkable post!
The more I learn, I can s...What a remarkable post! <br />The more I learn, I can see the clear connections from one artist to the next, regardless of style, trends and commerce. <br />It was great and surprising to read about Leonard Starr getting advice from Dean Cornwell!<br /> I recently saw the LA County Museum's show "American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915". I was struck that at the end of the show they had John Sloan and William Glackens, but could have easily just continued the show by including Norman Rockwell, F.R Gruger, Wallace Morgan, and so many other great artists who happened to come along when the best employment opportunities were in print. I would get more out of going to a museum to see works by any of those three artists than a Thomas Eakins painting-- great as he is (just my humble opinion).<br /><br />Obviously Rockwell had soaked up much of the American story type painting style -- you could almost feel his absence in the show. Gruger was a co-worker and close friend of Glackens, I think, and Sloan started with them as a newspaper sketch artist, if I'm not mistaken. <br />Thanks so much for doing this Leif.<br />Hopefully in the future, museums will see the type of work that you are doing and knock down these ridiculous barriers, so that we can go see work like Leonard Starr, etc alongside Norman Rockwell and Robert Crumb, who are now allowed in great museums. Didn't Rockwell greatly admire and learn from Velasquez? Didn't Velasquez also devote his life to being strictly a commercial artist??Elsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220896485157509482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-82289909237521308872010-05-30T13:07:53.293-04:002010-05-30T13:07:53.293-04:00I agree with Tom. Leonard Starr is absolutely bri...I agree with Tom. Leonard Starr is absolutely brilliant. He did superb work of enduring value.David Apatoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11293486149879229016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-71542578643910328902010-05-30T05:59:54.136-04:002010-05-30T05:59:54.136-04:00Frank Reilly is one of those artist/teachers that ...Frank Reilly is one of those artist/teachers that you never hear a bad word about.Held in similar regard as Howard Pyle and an absolute master of his craft.<br />But also very demanding of his students.No slacking.He was the real deal.<br />We will probably never see his like again.<br />As to these memoirs of Mr Sawyer,are they to be published? available online? They are certainly very interesting and informative.<br />A great week Leif.Chad Sterlingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-3876740935047397172010-05-29T15:03:23.577-04:002010-05-29T15:03:23.577-04:00Leonard Starr is without a doubt my most enduring ...Leonard Starr is without a doubt my most enduring influence and love of the newspaper strips artists that are rapidly fading into the past.<br /><br />I love his work. The brush work. The detail with such simplicity.<br /><br />He's one of the best of all time.<br /><br />The reprints of ON STAGE being put out right now are fantastic.Tom Lylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11667962684189643621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-87887612382443981272010-05-28T16:58:50.022-04:002010-05-28T16:58:50.022-04:00Those are just some really amazing stories about s...Those are just some really amazing stories about some of my favorite artists. Thanks so much.Michael Fraleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14394923592670217503noreply@blogger.com