Andrew Wyeth

Griff · 01-18-2009, 08:51 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Wyeth

I believe Richlevy lost a neighbor this week. For me, Wyeth's paintings spark childhood memories of the some of the old desperate farms which were so common here.

http://www.awyeth.com/

classicman · 01-18-2009, 09:31 AM

Yes - he is gone.. very sad. Got to meet him several times in some local eateries. Outstanding sweet, kind, gentle soul who was full of stories and always had a smile and a hello.

Griff · 01-18-2009, 09:39 AM

Is this the last generation of Wyeths?

classicman · 01-18-2009, 09:52 AM

IIRC - He has some sons or a son and a daughter - not really sure actually. I think I met his son once as we ended up at he same restaurant that they were in. Sorry, its been a long time.

glatt · 01-18-2009, 10:59 AM

I honestly didn't know he was still alive. I used to have that Christina's World print in my dorm room in college.
The next generation of Wyeths (Jamie I think) is still active painting on the Maine coast.

limey · 01-20-2009, 03:25 PM

Those are fabulous! they remind me of Tomi Ungerer's illustrations in his book "Far out isn't far enough".

Shawnee123 · 01-20-2009, 03:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

I honestly didn't know he was still alive. I used to have that Christina's World print in my dorm room in college.
The next generation of Wyeths (Jamie I think) is still active painting on the Maine coast.

I had a book as a kid, called Hex House. I was fascinated because it was about a girl who moved into a hexagonal house.

They used Christina's World for the cover. I know I still have the book and will have to find it, I can't find anything through google.

01-18-2009, 08:51 AM	#1
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Andrew Wyeth http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Wyeth I believe Richlevy lost a neighbor this week. For me, Wyeth's paintings spark childhood memories of the some of the old desperate farms which were so common here. http://www.awyeth.com/ __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-18-2009, 09:31 AM	#2
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Yes - he is gone.. very sad. Got to meet him several times in some local eateries. Outstanding sweet, kind, gentle soul who was full of stories and always had a smile and a hello. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

01-18-2009, 09:39 AM	#3
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Is this the last generation of Wyeths? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-18-2009, 09:52 AM	#4
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	IIRC - He has some sons or a son and a daughter - not really sure actually. I think I met his son once as we ended up at he same restaurant that they were in. Sorry, its been a long time. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

01-20-2009, 03:25 PM	#6
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Those are fabulous! they remind me of Tomi Ungerer's illustrations in his book "Far out isn't far enough". __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

01-18-2009, 10:59 AM	#5
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I honestly didn't know he was still alive. I used to have that Christina's World print in my dorm room in college. The next generation of Wyeths (Jamie I think) is still active painting on the Maine coast.

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