tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4528616751492639801.post2199432445453369609..comments2024-03-17T08:54:00.033-07:00Comments on The Reilly Project: Reilly Correspondence CourseE.M. Gisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00056129705507552850noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4528616751492639801.post-58230756156567120302020-01-05T11:00:02.118-08:002020-01-05T11:00:02.118-08:00Hi David, Amazing reproductions of some amazing wo...Hi David, Amazing reproductions of some amazing work, I'd love to see some of your original work if it's posted anywhere.. By original of course I mean work non-reproduction workFausto Maurohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12932948088656918697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4528616751492639801.post-42227256226859373522018-02-04T11:48:41.619-08:002018-02-04T11:48:41.619-08:00In 1962, Frank Reilly offered me a scholarship to ...In 1962, Frank Reilly offered me a scholarship to his School when it was located in a building on West 57th Street called "Steinway Hall"- the huge showroom for the famous Piano company.<br />I was just 16 years old at the time and about to graduate from the High School of Music & Art.<br />New York City had asked Frank Reilly to award a Merit Scholarship to one promising teenage student of his personal choice and I was the lucky Winner/Recipient.<br /><br />I believe, that as he studied my Portfolio, Frank Reilly was particularly impressed with my brooding self-portrait, brushes in hand, executed in an Old Master Renaissance style. That was over half a Century ago when I left his inner office, profusely thanking him and his Secretary at the time.<br />(I believe her name was Mrs. Mudd)<br /><br />To study with Frank Reilly was one of the formative highlights of my early life as an artist as he was a true Master Teacher in every way and inculcated in every student a respect for professionalism and tradition that had started to die out with the death of the great European Academies where his own teachers had studied in a far away, very distant Era. <br /><br />When Frank Reilly entered the studio a silent hush fell over the room as if the great French Artist, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres himself, had just walked through the door.<br /><br />My love for the techniques of the Old Masters has never wavered nor can I ever forget the lessons I learned from Frank Reilly who offered me that Merit Scholarship to enter his storied private school on 57th Street in New York.<br /><br />The fruits of what I learned in my time with Frank Reilly, so long ago, can be viewed on my Website:<br />www.OldMasterPortraits.com<br /><br />Thus, I can say I also form some part of the long family Tree of former Frank Reilly students.<br /><br />I would be most interested and appreciative to learn the status of the elusive search to locate a complete copy of Reilly's lost Correspondence Course and all accompanying Notes and Materials. Especially the Stuart NG "connection" and discoveries several years ago.<br />Where does "The Reilly Project" stand now in 2018 ??<br />Also is there any existing availability of any film and/or audio recordings that may have been made while Frank Reilly was alive ??<br /><br />Congratulations on all your splendid work to preserve the priceless contributions of this very unique Artist who was taken from us far too soon at the very height of his Fame. <br />May he Rest in Eternal and well deserved Peace.<br /><br />( Where is he interred / Did he have any Family and/or Descendants ?)<br /> <br /><br />DAVID PAKTERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17601127599102540543noreply@blogger.com