'Pulp' artists of the Depression era get their due

ELDRED, N.Y. — During the Depression, many of our nation’s most famous artists had to compromise their artistic integrity so they’d have something to eat. That was bad for them, but lucky for the rest of the country.
Some of the nation’s greatest talents worked on some of the nation’s most popular (“pulp”) publications, including Adventure, Dime Detective, Dime Mystery, Horror Stories, Love Story, Terror Tales, Operator 5, Top-Notch, The Whisperer, Western Story and The Spider.
One such accomplished artist was John Newton Howitt, the subject of a special presentation by Lori Strelecki, director of the Pike County Historical Society at the Columns in Milford, Pa. Strelecki will lead a presentation on the subject at the “Celebration of Plein Air” event from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 29, at the Highland Town Hall, 2 Proctor Rd., in Eldred, N.Y.
The event includes a standing exhibit with prints and originals by plein air painters, past and present, including Thomas Cole (1827), Jules Dupre (1852), Winslow Homer (1868), Albert Bierstadt (1873), and Georges Seurat (1886), as well as contemporary plein air artists Bob Carl, Peter Fiore, Eija Friedlander, Mary Jane Lawal, Marisa Lawhorn, Susan Miiller, Ari Mir-Pontier, Joan Standora, Jerry Weiss, and Elva Zingaro.
This free event is sponsored by the Barryville Area Arts Association and made possible with funds from the 2016 Arts for Sullivan Decentralization Program, administered by the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance.
The event coordinator is Joan Standora. For more information visit barryvilleareaarts.org.