tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post6455375454913949110..comments2024-03-27T11:43:33.889-04:00Comments on Stapleton Kearns: Abbott ThayerStapleton Kearnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-60324861399798510402015-01-13T00:46:16.030-05:002015-01-13T00:46:16.030-05:00Do you know what Thayer's palette was of color...Do you know what Thayer's palette was of colors?Teresa Oaxacahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18373059281600386832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-64249192875210568792010-07-29T00:36:44.384-04:002010-07-29T00:36:44.384-04:00Richard;
Perhaps you would like to come and sleep ...Richard;<br />Perhaps you would like to come and sleep in my yard this January. If you live, I will serve you coffee in the morning.If you don't, well I still have to make coffee don't I?<br />...................StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-28709370179243416592010-07-29T00:35:00.536-04:002010-07-29T00:35:00.536-04:00Jeremy;
That is a tricky little passage isn't ...Jeremy;<br />That is a tricky little passage isn't it?<br />...........StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-89125377598403403062010-07-29T00:34:18.453-04:002010-07-29T00:34:18.453-04:00Judy;
Thanks.
............StapeJudy;<br />Thanks.<br />............StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-36807708529045385182010-07-29T00:33:45.343-04:002010-07-29T00:33:45.343-04:00Mary;
You need to carry a harpoon.
.........Stape...Mary;<br />You need to carry a harpoon. <br />.........StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-72410882084671009172010-07-29T00:33:01.633-04:002010-07-29T00:33:01.633-04:00Armand;
I need to get back to the National gallery...Armand;<br />I need to get back to the National gallery, I haven't been there in years.<br />..................StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-84507284137284585092010-07-29T00:32:14.167-04:002010-07-29T00:32:14.167-04:00Philip;
Thayer rocks! I noticed that implied wing ...Philip;<br />Thayer rocks! I noticed that implied wing thing too.<br />.................StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-72086496258455806082010-07-29T00:31:32.560-04:002010-07-29T00:31:32.560-04:00Deb;
Hey, thanks for that!
.............StapeDeb;<br />Hey, thanks for that!<br />.............StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-43836865327977263022010-07-28T21:43:44.446-04:002010-07-28T21:43:44.446-04:00I knew about the camouflage stuff, but did not kno...I knew about the camouflage stuff, but did not know about his personal life. Interesting and sad stuff. I have always thought Thayers angels were some of the best ever painted- as if some had flown down and posed for him. Amazing work. Looking forward to the rest of the story. <br /><br />I am going to try to convince my wife that we should sleep outside tonight for our health.Richard J. Luschek IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17391295820585129843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-70810193363302099642010-07-28T19:29:57.331-04:002010-07-28T19:29:57.331-04:00Very interesting. I can't help but notice tha...Very interesting. I can't help but notice that in the first painting in the post, the shape and position of the clouds suggest wings too.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17579185594957855023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-19611577028529308052010-07-28T12:40:20.941-04:002010-07-28T12:40:20.941-04:00Thanks for teaching us about uncluttered lights, a...Thanks for teaching us about uncluttered lights, and Restraint-so powerfully effective here.<br />In these paintings it's alarmingly clear how much Thayer's life informed his paintings. Wow.Judy P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09176284042670900772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-84505044112112459132010-07-28T11:04:07.810-04:002010-07-28T11:04:07.810-04:00Awesome. Love hearing the connection between Thay...Awesome. Love hearing the connection between Thayer and Kent. Makes sense. Such different ways each handled winged beings. I love the restraint in his lights. I think I'd better get out there and paint some of those large winged beings I keep running into. Problem is, they move really fast, faster than humming birds.Mary Byromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12647925500872647350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-23140159980278817932010-07-28T09:24:01.148-04:002010-07-28T09:24:01.148-04:00I wish I can correct my spelling had to delete my ...I wish I can correct my spelling had to delete my post and try again. Thanks for posting on this important artist. I live near DC and always stop by and see the Thayers, after the Metcalfs of course.armandcabrerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01772142818316748471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-40465706989460690442010-07-28T09:20:04.873-04:002010-07-28T09:20:04.873-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.armandcabrerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01772142818316748471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-79793606486815391212010-07-28T07:50:07.459-04:002010-07-28T07:50:07.459-04:00In a word, Thayer rocks. Thanks for the post Stape...In a word, Thayer rocks. Thanks for the post Stape.<br />I couldn't agree more with your comments on Thayer pulling off the nearly impossible task of convincingly uniting his family members with these large wings. This was hard to do and we can all learn from Thayer's skills.<br /><br />In addition to the restraint in the wings' highlights, Thayer also had a great eye for expressive silhouettes and a selective use of heightened outer contour edges.<br /><br />If anyone is down in D.C. the Smithsonian American Art Museum always has a bunch of top notch Thayers on display. They are fabulous paintings.Philip Kochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05191070779177407750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-25596670611242276992010-07-28T00:55:58.387-04:002010-07-28T00:55:58.387-04:00Thayer was also the founder of what came to be cal...Thayer was also the founder of what came to be called the Dublin Art Colony, which attracted both painters and poets to the Monadnock region and included such notables as Frank Benson and Richard Meryman, and writers such as Thoreau, Emerson, and Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain). <br />Evidently, he was a first class eccentric. But his paintings are cool.<br />The Dublin Art Colony is revived today as Monadnock Art/Friends of the Dublin Art Colony, and hosts an annual Studio Tour every fall in the region.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01799016923038189074noreply@blogger.com