Asa Shatkin 2021-06-01T15:03:52-04:00 January 3rd, 2019|
Andrew Wyeth's famous illustrator father, N.C. Wyeth, was his first, and only teacher. It was the watercolor paintings of Winslow Homer, that Wyeth saw when he visited Homer's studio as a teenager, that inspired him to master watercolor painting.
Asa Shatkin 2021-03-18T17:16:56-04:00 July 17th, 2018|
The works of Andrew Wyeth have always garnered public adoration. His original works are coveted by art collectors. Wyeth's exhibits routinely broke attendance records. What the artist often failed to get, was the support of art critics, who often slammed him for sticking to his own style during a time when Modernism and avant-garde movements were sweeping [...]
Asa Shatkin 2018-03-12T12:07:41-04:00 March 10th, 2018|
In the early 1940s, Andrew Wyeth was viewed as a radical, surrealist painter. When abstract expressionism took hold, Wyeth was attacked by critics for not changing his style. Although the critics were unkind, the public was not and Wyeth is still one of the most beloved American artists.
Asa Shatkin 2023-02-25T11:12:32-05:00 June 10th, 2016|
Pa kept me almost in a jail, just kept me to himself in my own world, and he wouldn’t let anyone in on it. I was almost made to stay in Sherwood Forest with Maid Marion and the Rebels.” — Andrew Wyeth Early Life Andrew and Betsy Wyeth invited William Waterway Marks to visit them [...]
