GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Andrew Wyeth was the youngest son of N.C. Wyeth (1882-1945), a prominent illustrator and painter who encouraged his son's interest in art and stressed a foundation in academic drawing. Andrew Wyeth's siblings also achieved prominence in their chosen fields: his two oldest sisters both had successful careers as painters, another became a composer and his brother was an engineer and inventor. Andrew Wyeth's son Jamie (b. 1946) also became a successful artist and continues to paint New England in a style reminiscent of his extended family.
Wyeth's earliest exhibited works were watercolors, but he became proficient in tempera painting after his brother-in-law, Peter Hurd (1904-1984), introduced both Andrew and N.C. Wyeth to the medium in the late 1930s. For subjects, Wyeth turned to the people and landscapes with which he was most familiar. The Wyeth's primary residence was in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, and they spent summers in Port Clyde, Maine. In his choice of subject matter Wyeth represents an alternative to the the predominantly nonrepresentational schools that dominated American art starting in the late 1940s. His realism brought wide public acclaim, but art critics scoffed at his adherence to an "outdated" approach.
In addition to the influence of Winslow Homer (1836-1910) and fellow Pennsylvanian, Thomas Eakins (1844-1916), Wyeth greatly admired the subdued palettes and precise draughtsmanship of European artists like Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) and Albrecht Durer (1471-1528). Near the end of his life scholars also recognized that his body of work contained strong elements of abstract design, aligning him with his earlier American contemporaries, Charles Sheeler (1883-1965) and Charles Burchfield (1893-1967).
Adapted from
- Eleanor Jones Harvey, "Andrew Wyeth, That Gentleman," in Dallas Museum of Art: A Guide to the Collection, ed. Charles Venable (New Haven, NJ: Yale University Press, 1997), 262.
- "Andrew Wyeth, That Gentleman," DMA Connect, Dallas Museum of Art, 2012.
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This note was tagged #routed in June 2015 and Sue's revisions (in a Word doc created by ASG) have been applied to the note as of October 2015. As of January 2017 I am adding the #draft tag to this note so that it is harvested to Google Drive. Once I am sure that all pending TMS or Piction data entry is complete, I will remove the #routed tag, add the #complete tag, and move the Google Doc to Queta's folder so that it is not re-routed to Sue.
removed TMS tag for 1938.22, 1949.7,
Added birth and death locations as Chadds Ford, PA.
Added full name as alternate name- Andrew Newell Wyeth III
I removed the following image asset due to time constraints and questionable image selection. I also removed the %PictionJP tag. Better to use photo of Wyeth around 1960s when he made That Gentleman?
Andrew Wyeth receiving the National Medal of Arts from the United States President George W. Bush in November 15, 2007, photographed by NEA photographer Michael Stewart
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Source: National Endowment for the Arts, Wikimedia Commons, accessed July 13, 2016
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John Wilmerding, "Derivation and Originality in the Art of Andrew Wyeth," Bromberg lecture series, September 24, 1987; in conjunction with An American Vision: Three Generations of Wyeth Art, September 29- November 29, 1987. (Wilmerding was the Deputy Director of the national gallery of Art, and curator of concurrent NGA exhibition "Andrew Wyeth: The Helga Pictures," File name: WyethWillmerding, original format- U-matic, KCA-60XBR.
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WEB RESOURCES
- Exclusive: Andrew Wyeth's first network TV interview~ Watch this interview with the artist from the Today Show (April 13, 2006).
- Andrew Wyeth, Famed and Infamous Artist, Dies~ Read Michael Kimmelman's obituary of the artist in the New York Times (January 17, 2009).
ARCHIVAL RESOURCES
- See archival sources listed on the object drafts for That Gentleman (1962.27) and That Gentleman Study (1962.11).
- Library artist file contains a wealth of articles, reviews, exhibition pamphlets, and other published references for That Gentleman, That Gentleman Study, and Beckie King. There are typed manuscripts about the works and bibliographies. Many of the publications are duplicated in the file. These would be appropriate to scan, photocopy, or somehow mark in the object file and TMS record.
FUN FACTS
Wyeth received numerous accolades during his life. He was the first artist to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1963), the first living artist to exhibit at the White House (1970) and to be given a retrospective exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1976). He was a recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal (1990) and the National Medal of Arts (2007).
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General Description
Andrew Wyeth was the youngest son of N.C. Wyeth (1882-1945), a prominent illustrator and painter who encouraged his son's interest in art and stressed a foundation in academic drawing. Andrew Wyeth's siblings also achieved prominence in their chosen fields: his two oldest sisters both had successful careers as painters, another became a composer and his brother was an engineer and inventor. Andrew Wyeth's son Jamie (b. 1946) also became a successful artist and continues to paint New England in a style reminiscent of his extended family.
Wyeth's earliest exhibited works were watercolors, but he became proficient in tempera painting after his brother-in-law, Peter Hurd (1904-1984), introduced both Andrew and N.C. Wyeth to the medium in the late 1930s. For subjects, Wyeth turned to the people and landscapes with which he was most familiar. The Wyeth's primary residence was in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, and they spent summers in Port Clyde, Maine. In his choice of subject matter Wyeth represents an alternative to the the predominantly nonrepresentational schools that dominated American art starting in the late 1940s. His realism brought wide public acclaim, but art critics scoffed at his adherence to an "outdated" approach.
In addition to the influence of Winslow Homer (1836-1910) and fellow Pennsylvanian, Thomas Eakins (1844-1916), Wyeth greatly admired the subdued palettes and precise draughtsmanship of European artists like Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) and Albrecht Durer (1471-1528). Near the end of his life scholars also recognized that his body of work contained strong elements of abstract design, aligning him with his earlier American contemporaries, Charles Sheeler (1883-1965) and Charles Burchfield (1893-1967).
Adapted from
- Eleanor Jones Harvey, "Andrew Wyeth, That Gentleman," in Dallas Museum of Art: A Guide to the Collection, ed. Charles Venable (New Haven, NJ: Yale University Press, 1997), 262.
- "Andrew Wyeth, That Gentleman," DMA Connect, Dallas Museum of Art, 2012.
Fun Facts
Wyeth received numerous accolades during his life. He was the first artist to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1963), the first living artist to exhibit at the White House (1970) and to be given a retrospective exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1976). He was a recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal (1990) and the National Medal of Arts (2007).
Archival Resources
- See archival sources listed on the object drafts for That Gentleman (1962.27) and That Gentleman Study (1962.11).
- Library artist file contains a wealth of articles, reviews, exhibition pamphlets, and other published references for That Gentleman, That Gentleman Study, and Beckie King. There are typed manuscripts about the works and bibliographies. Many of the publications are duplicated in the file. These would be appropriate to scan, photocopy, or somehow mark in the object file and TMS record.
Web Resources
- Exclusive: Andrew Wyeth's first network TV interview~ Watch this interview with the artist from the Today Show (April 13, 2006).
- Andrew Wyeth, Famed and Infamous Artist, Dies~ Read Michael Kimmelman's obituary of the artist in the New York Times (January 17, 2009).
Notes
This note was tagged #routed in June 2015 and Sue's revisions (in a Word doc created by ASG) have been applied to the note as of October 2015. As of January 2017 I am adding the #draft tag to this note so that it is harvested to Google Drive. Once I am sure that all pending TMS or Piction data entry is complete, I will remove the #routed tag, add the #complete tag, and move the Google Doc to Queta's folder so that it is not re-routed to Sue.
removed TMS tag for 1938.22, 1949.7,
Added birth and death locations as Chadds Ford, PA.
Added full name as alternate name- Andrew Newell Wyeth III
I removed the following image asset due to time constraints and questionable image selection. I also removed the %PictionJP tag. Better to use photo of Wyeth around 1960s when he made That Gentleman?
Andrew Wyeth receiving the National Medal of Arts from the United States President George W. Bush in November 15, 2007, photographed by NEA photographer Michael Stewart
UMO: 265930843: UMO * Review
Source: National Endowment for the Arts, Wikimedia Commons, accessed July 13, 2016
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