Set against the picturesque backdrop of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, this book highlights the rich artistic legacy of the Brandywine River Museum of Art. It explores the historic homes, studios, and significant sites connected to three generations of the Wyeth family, showcasing their influential contributions to American art. The narrative intertwines the region's natural beauty with the family's artistic journey, offering a unique perspective on their heritage and the vibrant art collection housed within the museum.
The major paintings of iconic American artist Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009)
presented together in an accessible volume. Andrew Wyeth is an essential
introduction to the enduring masterworks of this profoundly popular American
artist. Published on the occasion of the centennial of the artist's birth,
this handsome book highlights works spanning the entirety of the artist's
seven-decade career painting the landscapes and people he knew in Chadds Ford,
Pennsylvania, where he lived, and in Maine, where he summered. Many of his
most important landscapes and portraits were created in and around his Chadds
Ford studio, now part of the Brandywine River Museum of Art, with which Andrew
Wyeth was intimately connected since its founding in 1971. A short
introduction provides an overview of his life, and descriptive captions
contextualize some fifty of the artist's finest and most beloved paintings,
including Pennsylvania Landscape (1942), Wind from the Sea (1947), Christina's
World (1948), Trodden Weed (1951), Roasted Chestnuts (1956), Braids (1977),
and Pentecost (1989). Readers will also be treated to works previously unseen,
such as Betsy's Beach (2006) and Crow Tree (2007).
