Sea Clouds Children, The Giant by N.C. Wyeth Postcard

The Giant was painted by N. C. Wyeth (1882-1945) in 1923. The painting is a tribute to a talented 25-year-old young man, William Engle, an art lover who spent a passionate time with his five children. Engle died at the age of 25 from tuberculosis.Mr. Wyeth knew of Engle’s love of children and their happy frolics; he knew of Engle’s love for the sea, and so the ‘Giant’ was created, a picture in which one sees the imagination of the child taking shape in the great cloud built form of the Giant.William Engle had always meant to execute a scene like this of children by the sea, looking up into the clouds. But his early death precluded this, so that his old friend and master created this fitting memorial, and thus fulfilled the pupil’s dream.