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N.C. Wyeth : new perspectives / Jessica May and Christine B. Podmaniczky ; with contributions by D.B. Dowd [and three other].

Title
N.C. Wyeth : new perspectives / Jessica May and Christine B. Podmaniczky ; with contributions by D.B. Dowd [and three other].
Author
May, Jessica, 1977-
Publication
  • Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania : Brandywine River Museum of Art ; Portland, Maine : Portland Museum of Art ; New Haven : in association with Yale University Press, 2019.
  • ©2019

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Additional Authors
  • Brandywine River Museum of Art, host institution.
  • Podmaniczky, Christine B. (Christine Bauer),
  • Portland Museum of Art, host institution.
  • Taft Museum of Art, host institution.
  • Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers), 1882-1945.
Description
216 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 28 cm
Summary
N. C. Wyeth (1882-1945) was widely renowned for his iconic images of characters such as King Arthur, Robin Hood, and Robinson Crusoe that were reproduced as illustrations for books and magazines. The patriarch of the Wyeth family, father of Andrew Wyeth and grandfather of Jamie, he was also an artist with a broad purview whose work includes impressionist views of the Pennsylvania countryside and 1930s modernist interpretations of Maine coastal scenes. The book's essays look at topics such as Wyeth's contributions to the visual mythology of the American West, the darker nuances found in his Treasure Island illustrations, and correlations between his illustrations and cinema. Also explored is the way in which Wyeth's own Chadds Ford properties reflect his conception of home and the role of the artist in American society. Complete with a detailed chronology, this carefully researched study of Wyeth's life and work provides a long overdue assessment of the remarkable breadth of this complex yet often misunderstood artist.00Exhibition: Brandywine River Museum of Art, Chadds Ford, PA (22.06-15.09.2019); Portland Museum of Art, ME0(01.10.2019-12.01.2020); Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati OH(08.02-03.05.2020).
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Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at Brandywine River Museum of Art, June 23-September 15, 2019, Portland Museum of Art, October 4, 2019-January 12, 2020, and at the Taft Museum of Art, February 8-May 3, 2020.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographicala references and index.
ISBN
  • 0300243685
  • 9780300243680
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries