Andrew Wyeth - DEAD!

[Furtherman]

I'm not sure how many art fans we have on this board but I'd image most of you have seen this painting:

http://christinasworld.com.au/images/christinas_world_wyeth.jpg
Christina's World

Andrew Wyeth, whose evocations of a timeless rural present along the Maine coast and in Pennsylvania farm country made him America's most popular living artist and whose 1948 painting "Christina's World" became one of the most famous artworks of the 20th century, died today.

Wyeth, who was 91, died in his sleep in his home in Chadds Ford, Pa., after a brief illness, the Brandywine River Museum said in a statement.

Perhaps no American painter has ever had as strong a hold on the popular imagination as Mr. Wyeth did over the course of his seven-decade career. As the critic Brian O'Doherty once noted, "Wyeth communicates with his audience, numbered in millions, with an ease and fluency that amounts to a kind of genius."


As Americans, we don't have many famous artists in our history, so we were lucky to have him. I always liked his work. If you ever liked to hike the woods or countryside alone, I always felt a lot of his painting gave you that feeling when you gave pause and took it all in.

http://images.easyart.com/i/prints/rw/lg/2/5/Andrew-Wyeth-Benny-s-Scarecrow-25937.jpg
Benny's Scarecrow

http://www.andrew-wyeth-prints.com/gallery/easterly.jpg
Easterly

http://www.swoyersart.com/andrew_wyeth/slip2.jpg
The Slip

[ChrisTheCop]

I was surprised to hear this this morning, mostly cause I assumed he was lready dead.

Christina's World was one of my favorite paintings as a youngster;
I always pictured her as being blind, for some reason.
Only later did I learn she is paralyzed, from Polio I believe.

Anywho, he has left quite a legacy.
Thankyou Mr Wyeth. R.I.P.

[bobrobot]

I'm sad...

http://images.easyart.com/i/prints/rw/lg/2/5/Andrew-Wyeth-Benny-s-Scarecrow-25937.jpg

egg tempera painting is a bitch too!!!

[razorboy]

We had a big coffee table book of his works when I was a kid. I wore out the page corners on that thing. RIP.

[Freakshow]

We had a big coffee table book of his works when I was a kid. I wore out the page corners on that thing. RIP.

yeah. i like to batch to pictures of boats too.

[Tall_James]

yeah. i like to batch to pictures of boats too.

:lol:

[razorboy]

yeah. i like to batch to pictures of boats too.

That and the Helga paintings.

[TheMojoPin]

Jeez, I figured he died decades ago.

I shoulda have paid more attention in art history class.

[RoseBlood]

Believe it or not, the first time I ever saw one of his paintings was two years ago at The Museum of Modern Art.

http://s136.photobucket.com/albums/q200/HappenstanceMe/MoMA/christinasworld3.jpg

[ecobag2]

Believe it or not, the first time I ever saw one of his paintings was two years ago at The Museum of Modern Art.

http://s136.photobucket.com/albums/q200/HappenstanceMe/MoMA/christinasworld3.jpg
Totally fucking believe it.

[robot artist]

All 3 members of the Wyeth family - grandfather, father, and son - incredible artists. Check 'em out.

[DiabloSammich]

http://www.swoyersart.com/andrew_wyeth/masterbedroom.jpg



He was an amazing man. He used to frequent a local diner called Hank's where we all just referred to him as Andy. I glad I got to know him as a person before I was awestruck by his art. He will be missed.

[robot artist]

The National Lampoon once published a great parody painting of Christina's World - with Patty Hearst replacing Christina.

I can't find it online, but I have it here somewhere in the Robotics Lab - if I can unearth it this weekend I'll post it.

[Coach]

http://s136.photobucket.com/albums/q200/HappenstanceMe/MoMA/christinasworld3.jpg

My grandmother had a print of it on her wall for 40 years or more..I always believed my sister's story that it was my grandma in the picture.

[PigShitIrish]

If you ever liked to hike the woods or countryside alone, I always felt a lot of his painting gave you that feeling when you gave pause and took it all in.



Perfect summation!
http://www.andrewwyeth.com/images/AndrewWyethTrodden.gif

[Aggie]

Love him, if you've never been, go visit the Brandywine River Museum. They have tons of his stuff and from all the Wyeths. It was a great place to visit.

http://www.brandywinemuseum.org/

[jennysmurf]

I always loved "Christina's World" because it had an overpowering sadness to it. I couldn't explain why. It wasn't until after he died that I learned that the subject was paralyzed. (His wife posed for the painting, by the way.)