Heydt Captures Pulse of Newport by Sylvia Smith As William Heydt started out as a photographer. That alert trained eye as apparent in the paintings he now creates. The work conveys the sense of immediacy captured by the camera lens. A Parisian boat tender, tourist crowded on a sightseeing boat, a sidewalk artist at work –all absorbed by the watercolorists. He shakes their essence out of his brush and onto paper. The end result...
William Heydt moves through his subject matter “comme un poisson dans l’eau.” Literally translated, “like a fish through water,” the French use this term to describe a person perfectly suited to his elements. His watercolors, often reflecting the progression of seasons, draw on the people and places around him, capturing moments in bold brush strokes and vivid colors. His work...
For over three decades, William Heydt has been creating photographs and watercolor paintings of the people and places in his life, immortalizing an instant of emotion with I an artist’s sensitivity. His images elevate and celebrate the commonplace, from the alleys of New York City to the roads of Kulu, Turkey. Heydt’s vision demands an unflinching honesty, as curator Gene Baro noted when he wrote of Heydt’s work, “we discover not...
“I love the people and places I paint,” says artist William Heydt The images in this, Heydt’s third collection of watercolors, are idiosyncratic: a painting of his teenage daughter leafing through a fashion magazine while stuck in traffic evokes both the heat of the summer sun and her vague boredom. Heydt sets a Newport lobsterman, not on the water but in his office, the walls and desk a...
A Curator’s Perspective The kaleidoscope that is Newport is reflected in the dynamic watercolors of William Heydt. His bold palette and painterly technique create a prismatic effect of form and color. Alternating patters of people and places converge and diverge, forming vibrant images of a city and those who make it so vital. More than portraits of significant people, these pictures capture an essence of Newport that the tourist don’t see:...
Introduction What a pleasure to see our friends, coming out to greet us from William Heydt’s works! Every one of his images is full of zest. Leaping forward from the pages are portraits endowed with a life-like excitement. Heydt reaches their very being with his depictions. The most wonderful part is they are portrayed in customary surroundings, caught at work or resting in the middle of whatever occupies them. Art is a wonderful experience,...
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On July 4th 2011 at the Old Colony House on Washington Square in Newport Rhode Island several dozen people gathered to be a part of history. Well, turns out there were many histories that were a part of that day. STAGERightRI, Newport Historical Society and Washington Square Roots sponsored and produced the Bill Heydt re-creation of the famous John Trumbull painting Declaration of Independence depicting the signing of the Declaration of...
Introduction GENE BARO William Heydt’s interest in etching developed from a chance meeting with the V V Swiss printmaker Dadi Wirz while Heydt was a painting student at the Rhode Island School of Design and Wirz was teaching there on temporary assignment. Wirz had been a student of Stanley William Hayter, and his stories of Hayter and talk of Hayter’s technical innovations in intaglio suggested enhanced creative possibilities to Heydt, whose...
The authority will be raffling off a signed print – one of only 100 in existence – of the ‘Ferrari 2011’ painting by US artist Bill Heydt. “Heydt is one of America’s leading artists and a master of urban life studies,” said Dayne Lim, Product Development director, ADTA. “The lucky winner will be taking home a valuable memento of their time at a flagship Abu Dhabi event which is now a highlight on the annual F1 calendar.” The...
