James Gurney | Art Talk Podcast: Studio Ramble to Ron @JamesGurney | Uploaded June 2018 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
The Golden Palm Tape Network was a 1980s precursor of podcasting, where a small group of far-flung artists kept in touch via cassette tapes circulated by mail. This one was addressed to my friend Ron Harris smurfswacker.blogspot.com

BOOKS REFERENCED
Some Call It Kitsch: Masterpieces of Bourgeois Realism amzn.to/2t90ucs
Genre Painting in the Hungarian National Gallery amzn.to/2MByaHW
American Boys' Handy Book amzn.to/2MB6iDD
Joaquín Sorolla: amzn.to/2ynJX9Q
Edwin Austin Abbey by E. Lucas amzn.to/2JMFoef
Pen Drawing and Pen Draughtsmen by J. Pennell amzn.to/2M0fz7a
Rendering in Pen and Ink by Arthur Guptill amzn.to/2JWJxbR
Mastering the Craft of Painting by A.J. Grado amzn.to/2MAgFYo
The History of Modern Painting by Müther amzn.to/2M0gtk4
The Ulysses Voyage by Tim Severin amzn.to/2M2CKhf
Mural Painting in America by Blashfield amzn.to/2MA2mmP
William Bouguereau, 1825-1905 amzn.to/2M0sNkB
The Life and Work of Jean Léon Gérôme amzn.to/2tgTc5L

ARTISTS (links mostly to Wikipedia)
Heinrich Siemiradzki en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henryk_Siemiradzki
Simon Hollósy en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Holl%C3%B3sy
Sandor Bihari en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A1ndor_Bihari
Mihály Munkacsy en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mih%C3%A1ly_Munk%C3%A1csy
Joaquín Sorolla en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joaqu%C3%ADn_Sorolla
Edwin Austin Abbey en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Austin_Abbey
Haddon Sundblom en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haddon_Sundblom
Mike Jittlov en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Jittlov
Frank Reilly en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_J._Reilly
Fred Fixler fredfixler.com
Domenico Morelli en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domenico_Morelli
Stanhope Forbes en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanhope_Forbes
Frank Bramley en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Bramley
Ilya Repin en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilya_Repin
Edwin Blashfield en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Blashfield
Frank Millet en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Davis_Millet
N.C. Wyeth en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N._C._Wyeth
Vladimir Peter "Bill" Tytla en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Tytla
Kay Nielsen en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Nielsen
Maxfield Parrish en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxfield_Parrish
Frank Frazetta en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Frazetta
Moebius (Jean Giraud) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Giraud
Hal Foster en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Foster
Alex Raymond en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Raymond

The group in the Golden Palm Tape Network included me,
Ron Harris smurfswacker.blogspot.com
Paul Chadwick paulchadwick.net
Tom Kinkade thomaskinkade.com
Bryn Barnard brynbarnard.com
James Warhola en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Warhola
and occasionally Richard Hescox, Bill Stout, and David Mattingly.