Andrew Wyeth
Andrew Wyeth, probably the most renowned painter in the United States, died Friday at his home in Chadds Ford, Pa. He was 91.
Last Saturday in Scottsdale, we saw a collection of Wyeth's works at a local gallery. The paintings sold for as high as $60,000. But there were pencil sketches that went for considerably less. With the exception of "Helga", all of Andrew's models have since died.
Having grown up in Bucks County, near Philadelphia, I experienced some of the same country life that Andrew illustrated at Chadds Fords. I admire his picture for his technical skill. I think Andrew superbly captures the mood of the Pennslvania country in many of his painting, with its frosty three in the afternoon late fall or early spring textures, lights, and colors. But his painting lack the humor and humanity that animates the illustrations of two of my other favorite Americans artists, Maxwell Parrish and Norman Rockwell.
A good example of Andrew's work is "Pennsylvania Landscape", painted in tempera on panel in 1942.
Last Saturday in Scottsdale, we saw a collection of Wyeth's works at a local gallery. The paintings sold for as high as $60,000. But there were pencil sketches that went for considerably less. With the exception of "Helga", all of Andrew's models have since died.
Having grown up in Bucks County, near Philadelphia, I experienced some of the same country life that Andrew illustrated at Chadds Fords. I admire his picture for his technical skill. I think Andrew superbly captures the mood of the Pennslvania country in many of his painting, with its frosty three in the afternoon late fall or early spring textures, lights, and colors. But his painting lack the humor and humanity that animates the illustrations of two of my other favorite Americans artists, Maxwell Parrish and Norman Rockwell.
A good example of Andrew's work is "Pennsylvania Landscape", painted in tempera on panel in 1942.
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