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Andrew Wyeth-Artist-Illustrator
I first came across Andrew Wyeth's artwork when I read an article in a magazine about "The Helga Pictures". Falling in love with his work I bought the book and have several others of his as well as Jamie Wyeth (son) and NC Wyeths (father) work. Amazing family!
Born July 12, 1917 (age 90)
Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, United States
Occupation Realist painter
Wyeth's favorite subject is the land and inhabitants around his hometown of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania and those near his summer home in Cushing, Maine. His most famous work, and one of the most well-known images in 20th century American art, is Christina's World (1948), in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
Official website: http://www.andrewwyeth.com/
Andrew Wyeth Quotes
And, of course, I began drawing so much - wild, undisciplined pencil drawings and watercolors of knights battling and such.~~
Artists today think of everything they do as a work of art. It is important to forget about what you are doing - then a work of art may happen.
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At 18 I began painting steadily fulltime and at age 20 had my first New York show at the Macbeth Gallery.
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I can't work completely out of my imagination. I must put my foot in a bit of truth; and then I can fly free.
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I don't really have studios. I wander around around people's attics, out in fields, in cellars, anyplace ~~
I dream a lot. I do more painting when I'm not painting. It's in the subconscious.
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I had whooping cough when I was very young, which left me with bronchial problems, and I would always pick up colds. I was very thin and nervous so my father and mother took me out of school and had me tutored at home.
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I love to study the many things that grow below the corn stalks and bring them back to the studio to study the color. If one could only catch that true color of nature - the very thought of it drives me mad.
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I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape - the loneliness of it, the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it, the whole story doesn't show.
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I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape. Something waits beneath it; the whole story doesn't show.
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I surrendered to a world of my imagination, reenacting all those wonderful tales my father would read aloud to me. I became a very active reader, especially history and Shakespeare.
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I think one's art goes as far and as deep as one's love goes.
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I'm a secretive bastard. I would never let anybody watch me painting... it would be like somebody watching you have sex - painting is that personal to me.
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If you clean it up, get analytical, all the subtle joy and emotion you felt in the first place goes flying out the window.
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It's a moment that I'm after, a fleeting moment, but not a frozen moment.
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It's all in how you arrange the thing... the careful balance of the design is the motion.
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One's art goes as far and as deep as one's love goes.
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The only virtue to it, is to put down an idea about what you feel at the moment.
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To be interested solely in technique would be a very superficial thing to me.
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To have all your life's work and to have them along the wall, it's like walk
TURN ON THE MUSIC
TURN ON THE MUSIC as you enjoy my lens.
"In The Early Morning Rain" was originally written by Gordon Lightfoot. He sings some 'wonderful' songs but I have always liked Peter, Paul and Mary's version of this song best.
I chose this song for this lens about Andrew Wyeth because of his love of nature and wide open fields. If you listen to this song... be sure to imagine smelling wildflowers in the Spring and the smell of a late April rain.
I posted my favorite cd of Gordon Lightfoots below as well. 'smile'.
Aloha,
Kathy
The lyrics:
"Early Morning Rain"
by Gordon Lightfoot
In the early mornin' rain
With a dollar in my hand
And an aching in my heart
And my -pockets full of sand
I'm a long ways from home
And I missed my loved one so
In the early mornin' rain
With no place to go
Out on runway number nine
Big 707 set to go
Well I?m out here on the grass
Where the pavement never grows
Where the liquor tasted good
And the women all were fast
There she goes my friend
She's rolling out at last
Hear the mighty engines roar
See the silver wing on high
She's away and westward bound
For above the clouds she flies
Where the mornin' rain don't fall
And the sun always shines
She'll be flying over my home
In about three hours time
This ol' airport?s got me down
It's no earthly good to me
'Cause I?m stuck here on the ground
Cold and drunk as I might be
Can't jump a jet plane
Like you can a freight train
So I best be on my way
In the early mornin' rain
So I best be on my way
In the early mornin' rain
So I best be on my way
In the early mornin' rain
"Early Morning Rain" cd is listed further down the page.
Andrew Wyeth at a Glance
Andrew Newell Wyeth (born July 12, 1917) is an American realist painter, and regionalist artist. He is one of the best-known of the 20th century and sometimes referred to as the "Painter of the People" due to his popularity with the American public. He is the son of the illustrator and artist N. C. Wyeth, and the brother of inventor Nathaniel Wyeth and artist Henriette Wyeth Hurd, and the father of artist Jamie Wyeth and Nicholas Wyeth .
Wyeth's favorite subject is the land and inhabitants around his hometown of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania and those near his summer home in Cushing, Maine. One of...
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"Christina's World" by Andrew Wyeth
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Andrew Wyeth Videos
Beautiful by Gordon Lightfoot
I chose this UTube because it has Gordon Lightfoot's original version of the song and because he show the beauty of America, which is what Andrew Wyeth paints. Gordon Lightfoot is Canadian, which is a beautiful country as well of course.
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"Beautiful" Lyrics
Artist: Gordon Lightfoot (Buy Gordon Lightfoot CDs)
Album: Beautiful
At times I just don't know
How you could be anything but beautiful
I think that I was made for you
And you were made for me
And I know that I won't ever change
We've been friends through rain or shine
For such a long, long time
Laughing eyes and smiling face
It seems so lucky just to have the right
Of telling you with all my might
You're beautiful tonight
And I know that you won't ever stray
Cause you've been that way from day to day
For such a long, long time
And when you hold me tight
How could life be anything but beautiful
I think that I was made for you
And you were made for me
And I know that I won't ever change
We've been friends through rain or shine
For such a long, long time
Well, I must say it means so much to me
To be the one who's telling you
I'm telling you, that you're beautiful.
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Boston and San Francisco-Beautiful
My two favorite cities by the bay. Song is called "Beautiful" by Gordon Lightfoot.
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Peter, Paul and Mary & Gordon Lightfoot cds
Gordon Lightfoot - Complete Greatest Hits
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Best Of Peter, Paul & Mary: Ten Years Together
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In the Wind
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See What Tomorrow Brings
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jackclee
Very good information on Andrew Wyeth. When I worked at IBM Research back in the early 1980's, we developed a digital imaging system for Andrew Wyeth. I met him and his wive in person to demonstrate our system. We captured his artwork and put them on a computer database. He had created over 12,000 artworks... Posted April 11, 2008 |
Loved this lens!
Posted April 10, 2008
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SemperFidelis
Excellent work on this lens Kathy! Posted April 10, 2008 |
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clvngodess
I love Wyeth! His works always pull me in, making me think about what's going on beyond the canvas, what story he is trying to tell us. It's powerful in it's emotional impact, it's almost dreamlike quality. Christina's World is so haunting... Posted January 19, 2008 |
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kathysart
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i like the painting christina`s world
Posted January 07, 2008
