Publication

1991 - H.N. Abrams, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

23,000 words, Guess

Page Count

92 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • Internet Archiveandrewwyeth00mery
  • ISBN-100810939568
  • ISBN-139780810939561
  • LibraryThing282648
  • Library of Congress Control Number90047605
and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780810939561
  • Open LibraryOL1886469M

Classifications

  • DDC759.13
  • DDCB
  • DDC92
and 2 more
  • LCCND237.W93 M44 1991
  • LCCND237.W93M44 1991

Description

At its most fundamental level, this stunning and unique biography describes a distinguished painter's enterprise of transmitting emotion onto a flat surface. 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. 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.

First Sentence

The Maine sky in Christina's World is a pale blue ribbon.

Description

Examines the life and work of the popular American artist.

Subjects

Genres

  • Biography
  • Juvenile literature

Other Editions

  • Andrew WyethHardcoverH.N. Abrams1991-01-01

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