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January 16, 2009 · Andrew Wyeth, one of this country's best known artists, died in his sleep in Chadd's Ford, Pa., early today; he was 91.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99481438
While one of America's best selling and best known artists, Wyeth was not hailed and was even shunned by most of those in progressive art circles.
But I loved him, and own several of his works, including a few studies, which are among my favorites.
"...the quiet and spareness of his pictures, the sense of longing and abandonment, of having exacted the maximum effect from the minimum means..."
Evening at Kuerners, 1970, Watercolor
Trodden Weed, 1951, Tempera on Panel
Swifts, 1991, Watercolor
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99481438
While one of America's best selling and best known artists, Wyeth was not hailed and was even shunned by most of those in progressive art circles.
But I loved him, and own several of his works, including a few studies, which are among my favorites.
"...the quiet and spareness of his pictures, the sense of longing and abandonment, of having exacted the maximum effect from the minimum means..."
Evening at Kuerners, 1970, Watercolor
Trodden Weed, 1951, Tempera on Panel
Swifts, 1991, Watercolor
But back OT: He was brilliant to me. Controversial yes, and some criticized his work as too pedantic, but I always liked his painting style and color scheme.