THE WYETHS by N.C. Wyeth ; Intimate Correspondence 1901-1945 HC/DJ illustrated

Description: THE WYETHS by N.C. Wyeth: The Intimate Correspondence of N.C. Wyeth 1901-1945 edited by Betsy James Wyeth ; Hardcover with dust jacket ; illustrated ; 858 pages From the dust jacket flap: N. C. Wyeth was one of America's greatest illustrators and the founder of a dynasty of artists that continues to enrich the American scene. This collection of letters, written from his eighteenth year to his tragic death at sixty-one, constitutes in effect his intimate autobiography, and traces the development and flowering of the "Wyeth tradition" over the course of several generations. The opening chapters deal with N.C. Wyeth's days as a raw young art student under the exacting tutelage of Howard Pyle, his enthusiastic journey through the Far West in search of "material," and his gradual awakening to his own distinctive talents as an artist. The following pages tell of his determined courtship — in face of his parents' wavering opposition — of the girl he loved, and his subsequent struggles to support a rapidly growing family and to establish a home far from the clamor of the marketplace. N. C. Wyeth's middle years were a period of feverish and frequently inspired activity, crowned by fame and financial success, but not untroubled by domestic anxieties and self-doubt. During his later life, changing fashions in art tended to obscure his professional prospects, but he was to find deep satisfaction in the continuous evolution of his own work and in guiding the artistic development of a small group of young painters that included his son Andrew Wyeth and his future sons-in-law Peter Hurd and John McCoy. In the final chapters of this book we catch a glimpse of an extraordinary gift being passed on with wisdom and tender concern from teacher to pupil, from father to son. ...

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