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He turned and faced the rising sun, the light full on his face.
He turned and faced the rising sun, the light full on his face.
He turned and faced the rising sun, the light full on his face.
(American, 1882 - 1945)

He turned and faced the rising sun, the light full on his face.

Alternate Title(s)
  • The Artist; The Poet
Oil on canvas
1910
47 1/8 × 38 in. (119.7 × 96.5 cm)
SUPP2000.901
Private collection
Not on view
The Glowing Iron Stick in His Hand, Jesse Turned and Faced Squarely the Spot which Held the Watching Man.
The Glowing Iron Stick in His Hand, Jesse Turned and Faced Squarely the Spot which Held the Watching Man.
N.C. Wyeth
1906
But Rodney stepped back, his hand rising to his forehead in salute. "Captain Hurst," he said.
But Rodney stepped back, his hand rising to his forehead in salute. "Captain Hurst," he said.
N.C. Wyeth
1913
Across the Creek at Rising Sun
Across the Creek at Rising Sun
Clifford W. Ashley
1919
Dropping one of the sage-hens I asked the man behind me to pick it up. As he was groping for it I pulled one of my Colt's revolvers, and hit him over the head. He dropped senseless. // "Wheeling about I saw that the other man, hearing the fall, had turned, his hand upon his revolver. It was no time for argument. I fired and killed him."
Dropping one of the sage-hens I asked the man behind me to pick it up. As he was groping for it I pulled one of my Colt's revolvers, and hit him over the head. He dropped senseless. // "Wheeling about I saw that the other man, hearing the fall, had turned, his hand upon his revolver. It was no time for argument. I fired and killed him."
N.C. Wyeth
1916
Image Not Available for The unflinching firmness with which he faced his assailants, . . . excited a profound respect in the spectators . . .
The unflinching firmness with which he faced his assailants, . . . excited a profound respect in the spectators . . .
N.C. Wyeth
1925
He Talked with His Eyes--a Single Sharp Shifting of the Eyeballs and a Flash of Light from Them
He Talked with His Eyes--a Single Sharp Shifting of the Eyeballs and a Flash of Light from Them
N.C. Wyeth
1908
"Schmeckenbecker faced the mob, gallantly shouting his defiance"
"Schmeckenbecker faced the mob, gallantly shouting his defiance"
N.C. Wyeth
1903
The man with the hatful of cards picked a hand out of his reserves, put the hat on his head and raised Bill a hundred. Bill came back with a raise of two hundred, and as the other covered it he shoved a pistol into his face observing: "I'm calling the hand that is in your hat."
The man with the hatful of cards picked a hand out of his reserves, put the hat on his head and raised Bill a hundred. Bill came back with a raise of two hundred, and as the other covered it he shoved a pistol into his face observing: "I'm calling the hand that is in your hat."
N.C. Wyeth
1916
Magua Captures Alice He hesitated a moment; and then catching the light and senseless form of Alice in his arms, the subtle Indian moved swiftly across the plain toward the woods
Magua Captures Alice He hesitated a moment; and then catching the light and senseless form of Alice in his arms, the subtle Indian moved swiftly across the plain toward the woods
N.C. Wyeth
1919
Image Not Available for In ten seconds his gun was leveled in their gaping faces. "Back!" he yelled, his blue eyes black like a maniac's; "fall back!"
In ten seconds his gun was leveled in their gaping faces. "Back!" he yelled, his blue eyes black like a maniac's; "fall back!"
N.C. Wyeth
1917
As I turned I saw her kneeling there, her hair all about her face, with her hands stretched out to me: and then I walked blindly away into the long grass of the marsh
As I turned I saw her kneeling there, her hair all about her face, with her hands stretched out to me: and then I walked blindly away into the long grass of the marsh
N.C. Wyeth
1921
".... and preferred making friends among the rising generation, with whom he grew into great favor."
".... and preferred making friends among the rising generation, with whom he grew into great favor."
N.C. Wyeth
1921