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Copyright © 2020 by Wendy Waszut-Barrett Detroit scenic artists, Robert Hopkin and his son William G. Hopkin, traveled west in 1881 to paint scenery for the Tabor Grand Opera House and the Grand Opera House in Colorado Springs. Representing the Chicago firm J. B. Sullivan & Bro., they created similar drop-curtains for each stage. My … Continue reading “Tales from a Scenic Artist and Scholar. Part 1099 – Robert Hopkin, Painter”

Copyright © 2020 by Wendy Waszut-Barrett For the past few weeks I have been exploring the scenic art careers of Henry C. Tabor and Henry E, Burcky, both listed as scenic artists for the Tabor Grand Opera House in Denver, Colorado. Keep in mind that Henry C. Tryon was an alias, the painting name for … Continue reading “Tales from a Scenic Artist and Scholar. Part 1096 – Scenic Artist Henry C. Tryon, 1878-1881”

Copyright © 2020 by Wendy Waszut-Barrett Thomas G. Moses pasted an article about scenic artist, Henry C. Tryon, in his scrapbook. I first encountered the clipping as an undergraduate while creating an index of Moses’ diary and scrapbook; it was part of an independent study project with Lance Brockman. For quite some time I have … Continue reading “Tales from a Scenic Artist and Scholar. Part 1092 – Henry B. Hoornbeck and Henry C. Tryon (1847-1892)”

Copyright © 2020 by Wendy Waszut-Barrett There were two events held the 1880s that drew scenic artists together in America – the Cincinnati Opera Festival (1881) and the Scenic Artists Show (1885). Henry E. Burcky participated in both events. In 1880, Henry E. Burcky was a scenic artist Hooley’s Opera House in Chicago. At the … Continue reading “Travels of A Scenic Artist and Scholar: Henry E. Burcky, 1880-1885”

Copyright © 2020 by Wendy Waszut-Barrett Henry C. Tryon was a friend and colleague of Thomas G. Moses. During the early 1880s Tryon was working in the western states as a scenic artist for the Tabor Grand Opera House in Denver, Colorado, and the Salt Lake Theatre in Salt Lake City, Utah. In 1884, Tryon … Continue reading “Tales from a Scenic Artist and Scholar. Part 1088 – “Bright Beams, Artistic Flashes from the Pen of H. C. Tryon,” 1883”

Copyright © 2020 by Wendy Waszut-Barrett In 1920, Thomas G. Moses wrote, “Early in January I started on a model for the big Elk’s Show, which we did in July.” It is almost impossible to pinpoint the specific Elks Show that Moses was talking about by 1920. First of all, it is unclear where Moses … Continue reading “Tales from a Scenic Artist and Scholar.Part 1042 – The Elks Show, 1920”

In 1911, Thomas G. Moses wrote, “Syracuse, N.Y. claimed my personal attention for awhile, and I did my best work for it.” Without the name of a show or a specific theater, it is difficult to know where Moses worked in Syracuse during January of 1911. Syracuse theaters listed in Julius Cahn’s Official Theatrical Guide … Continue reading “Tales from a Scenic Artist and Scholar. Part 766 – The Empire Theatre, Syracuse, New York, 1911”

 Part 503: Thomas G. Moses and Henry C. Tryon In 1905, Thomas G. Moses recorded that he painted a Grand Canyon curtain for Duluth and used a print of Thomas Moran for the source. Although the Santa Fe Railroad had offered transportation to the Grand Canyon to complete sketches on site, Moses did not have … Continue reading “Tales from a Scenic Artist and Scholar. Part 503 – Thomas G. Moses and Henry C. Tryon”

The Palette & Chisel, Vol. V, No. 6, June 1928. Tom Moses’ Trips, Breckenridge, Col.    Concluded “I went down the road to make a sketch of a real old-timey stage coach, which was rapidly falling to decay. As I sat there sketching, and fighting insects, the awful silence was very oppressive, occasionally broken by … Continue reading “Tales from a Scenic Artist and Scholar.  Part 197 – Tom Moses’ Trips – Breckenridge 1884, fourth part”

The Palette & Chisel, Vol. V, No. 3, March 1928. Tom Moses’ Trips. Breckenridge, Col.         Continued As we passed Pueblo we left behind us a very hot, dusty and uninteresting town; the odd-shaped smelter stacks, and tons of ore on all sides awaiting the refining process. On reaching Colorado City we found a real … Continue reading “Tales from a Scenic Artist and Scholar. Part 193 – Tom Moses’ Trips – Breckenridge 1884, second part”