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# Read * Andrew Wyeth: A Secret Life by Richard Meryman ✓ eBook or Kindle ePUB. Andrew Wyeth: A Secret Life "How the background & process led to Wyeth works, by noted journalist" according to Starbright. As a long time admirer of the work of Andrew Wyeth, for some forty years, I wanted to read more about the life of the artist before visiting the Brandywine Museum so as to be better informed before my visit. This very detailed biography is very clearly written by a veteran journalist. It covers many details of where and why many of the pictures were created, including many family matters that influenc
| Title | : | Andrew Wyeth: A Secret Life |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.66 (723 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0060929219 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 464 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-18 |
| Language | : | English |
It explores all the factors that have combined to create Andrew Wyeth -- his childhood in a hothouse of creativity; his hypersensitivity; his formidable wife; his identification with people marginalized and misunderstood -- all which have made him an American icon. Ward At its most fundamental level, this stunning and unique biography describes a distinguished painter's enterprise of transmitting emotion onto a flat surface. Richard Meryman's narrative is almost novelistic, with its larger-than-life characters and subplots: the tragedy of C.C. In the process, his realist works in watercolor and tempera, including the famous "Christina's World," have gained him a special and secure niche in the history of American art. "A revelation. No one will ever vi
The revelation of the "Helga" series gave the married Wyeth's life, at almost 70, a final dose of drama. . C. This new biography, besides delving deeply into Wyeth's personal life, includes long discussions of almost every Wyeth canvas. The "Secret Life" of the title refers in part, of course, to the "Helga" paintings, sketches, drawings, and portraits (many of them in the nude) of Wyeth's neighbor, later his companion and assistant, Helga Testorf. Andrew Wyeth's achievement is unmatched by other modern American realist painters: he produced canvasses that became American icons, deepening
"How the background & process led to Wyeth works, by noted journalist" according to Starbright. As a long time admirer of the work of Andrew Wyeth, for some forty years, I wanted to read more about the life of the artist before visiting the Brandywine Museum so as to be better informed before my visit. This very detailed biography is very clearly written by a veteran journalist. It covers many details of where and why many of the pictures were created, including many family matters that influenced the personal and artistic choices as well as clarifying the many personality quirks of the artist.Insights i. "This has got to be one of the best autobiography written about the artist" according to Amazon Customer. This has got to be one of the best autobiography written about the artist. The book confirms information written by other writers who wrote about the Wyeth family. For anyone who really get to the know the artist and his art I highly recommend this book. Author Meryman did a superb good.. "Great buy. Good seller. Book condition as represented by seller." according to CatB. This was a gift for a friend for whom Wyeth resonates deeply. She is very happy with the comprehensive view of his life. Book and dust jacket in perfect condition.
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