tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post9194634684656962726..comments2024-03-28T15:08:55.350-07:00Comments on Art Contrarian: In the Beginning: Howard TerpningDonald Pittengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11307228686847434740noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-23744684193212971052014-03-16T07:46:36.273-07:002014-03-16T07:46:36.273-07:00Elias -- I can't help you regarding that. Sug...Elias -- I can't help you regarding that. Suggest you contact Illustration House and other galleries that specialize in illustration. They might be able to offer ideas.Donald Pittengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11307228686847434740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-23496292397659727632014-03-15T20:58:04.679-07:002014-03-15T20:58:04.679-07:00I own the original of a Terpning ad for general el...I own the original of a Terpning ad for general electric showing a man, woman and two children walking in the rain on a city street. I wonder where it was published. Any ideas? Elias Traboulsi (eliastraboulsi@gmail.com).Elias Traboulsihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16838235131149327070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-80712404169704195812013-09-26T11:38:08.266-07:002013-09-26T11:38:08.266-07:00dearieme -- Every older New Yorker who thinks the ...dearieme -- Every older New Yorker who thinks the town isn't as good as it used to be has a turning point in mind. And there has to be pre-pivot experience to put the post-pivot in context.<br /><br />In my case, I first visited NYC in 1956 and from 1962 through 1974 visited it a lot. I really liked it through most of the 60s, but by the mid-70s (when the city government was virtually insolvent and the streets filthy and murder rates high), I figured the it had gone to hell. I pick the mid-60s because that's when smart folks hired by city government & transportation during the Depression were staring to retire, marking the start of the slide. The election of Mayor Lindsey around that time is another factor.<br /><br />So yes, in '66 the place was still okay (I was there then too), but was starting to slide (in my opinion).<br /><br />Chris -- Good for your grand-dad! I have a BA in commercial art, but never had the talent or guts to make it a career as he did.Donald Pittengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11307228686847434740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-66047598375312413082013-09-25T19:47:52.150-07:002013-09-25T19:47:52.150-07:00My grandfather made a living in illustration and p...My grandfather made a living in illustration and put four kids through college (b. 1918). He and a friend had a studio in Hartford, and did work for the insurance firms there, advertising, courtroom sketches...you name it.<br /><br />Deep down he did have aims to be a fine artist, but he loved drawing people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-58846896616270831752013-09-25T15:04:58.330-07:002013-09-25T15:04:58.330-07:00"when New York City went to hell (I say it wa..."when New York City went to hell (I say it was around 1965)". I spent a few weekends there in the summer of '66. It didn't seem hellish to me, but then I'd no idea what it had been like before.deariemenoreply@blogger.com