wyeth, andrew

"To Christina Olson, the entire world was her family's remote farm in the small coastal town of Cushing, Maine. Born in the home her family had lived in for generations, and increasingly incapacitated by illness, Christina seemed destined for a small life. Instead, for more than twenty years, she was host and inspiration for the artist Andrew Wyeth, and became the subject of one the best-known paintings of the twentieth century, "Christina's World."--Jacket flap.

Biography of distinguished American painter Andrew Wyeth, tells the full story of his life, and reveals his complex personality and the motivations for his paintings.

Presents color reproductions of paintings done by artist Andrew Wyeth of his African-American friends and neighbors in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, beginning in the 1930s and covering nearly seven decades.

A collection of over 130 reproduced paintings by one of America's most successful artists with comments on each painting by the artist. Includes chronologies of both his personal life and his professional exhibitions.

Focuses on Christina with 105 prestudies, 128 four-color illustrations and 28 photographs.

Presents the more than 240 works from the collection of Leonard Andrews. These works center around one model, Helga Testorf, a neighbor in Chadds Ford, that Wyeth worked on in virtual secrecy for a a decade and a half.

Contains a collection of over one hundred fifty paintings, watercolors, and drawings by twentieth century American artist Andrew Wyeth along with an examination of his life and career.