Just a great painting... N.C. Wyeth. 1909. "Alaskan Mail Carrier."
Before he became one of America's most famous artists, Wyeth had gone to the North and was, for a time, a mail carrier in Alaska. It was the time of Jack London and the Yukon Gold Rush... and young men went to find adventure in "Seward's Folley." Noone knows if the image was autobiographical or something described to Wyeth by another mail carrier or... from his imagination.
But it's a hell of a great painting! You couldn't have painted it if you weren't pretty familiar with the terrain and the wildlife and challenges of the Arctic.
Cheers.
Before he became one of America's most famous artists, Wyeth had gone to the North and was, for a time, a mail carrier in Alaska. It was the time of Jack London and the Yukon Gold Rush... and young men went to find adventure in "Seward's Folley." Noone knows if the image was autobiographical or something described to Wyeth by another mail carrier or... from his imagination.
But it's a hell of a great painting! You couldn't have painted it if you weren't pretty familiar with the terrain and the wildlife and challenges of the Arctic.
Cheers.