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    THE ART OF N.C. WYETH

    Jul 01, 2019 4 minutes
    BY DAVID APATOFF

    The year was 1902, and a 20-year-old art student named Newell Convers “N.C.” Wyeth decided to take a chance and submit a proposal for the cover of The Saturday Evening Post. The whole idea was outlandish. Many older, more experienced professionals had never won a coveted Post cover assignment. But Wyeth was young and brash. And besides, he needed the money.

    Much to Wyeth’s surprise, the Post accepted the proposal. He was paid $60 (nearly $1,500 in today’s currency) to paint a cover of a cowboy on a bucking bronco. Wyeth was in heaven.

    Despite Wyeth’s early success, his instructor, the legendary illustrator and teacher Howard Pyle, urged him to get more practical training. Pyle was

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