N.C. Wyeth : new perspectives

Resource Information

The work N.C. Wyeth : new perspectives represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Portland Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

N.C. Wyeth : new perspectives

Title remainder

new perspectives

Statement of responsibility

Jessica May and Christine B. Podmaniczky ; with contributions by D.B. Dowd, David M. Lubin, Kristine K. Ronan, and Karen Zukowski

Creator

• May, Jessica, 1977-

Contributor

• Podmaniczky, Christine B., (Christine Bauer)
• Brandywine River Museum of Art
• Wyeth, N. C., (Newell Convers), 1882-1945
• Portland Museum of Art
• Taft Museum of Art

Author

• Podmaniczky, Christine B., (Christine Bauer)
• May, Jessica, 1977-

Host institution

• Brandywine River Museum of Art
• Taft Museum of Art
• Portland Museum of Art

Subject

• Exhibition catalogs
• Exhibition catalogs
• United States
• United States
• Wyeth, N. C, (1882-1945)
• Wyeth, N. C., (Newell Convers), 1882-1945
• Wyeth, N. C., (Newell Convers), 1882-1945 -- Exhibitions
• exhibition catalogs
• Artists
• Artistes -- États-Unis -- Expositions
• Artists -- United States -- Exhibitions
• Artists -- United States -- Exhibitions
• Catalogues d'exposition
• Exhibition catalogs

Genre

• Exhibition catalogs
• Catalogues d'exposition
• Exhibitions
• Expositions
• exhibition catalogs

Language

eng

Summary

N.C. Wyeth (1882-1945) was widely renowned for his iconic images of characters such as King Arthur, Robin Hood, and Robinson Crusoe that were reproduced as illustrations for books and magazines. The patriarch of the Wyeth family, father of Andrew Wyeth and grandfather of Jamie, he was also an artist with a broad purview whose work includes impressionist views of the Pennsylvania countryside and 1930s modernist interpretations of Maine coastal scenes. The book's essays look at topics such as Wyeth's contributions to the visual mythology of the American West, the darker nuances found in his Treasure Island illustrations, and correlations between his illustrations and cinema. Also explored is the way in which Wyeth's own Chadds Ford properties reflect his conception of home and the role of the artist in American society. Complete with a detailed chronology, this carefully researched study of Wyeth's life and work provides a long overdue assessment of the remarkable breadth of this complex yet often misunderstood artist. Exhibition: Brandywine River Museum of Art, Chadds Ford, PA (22.06-15.09.2019); Portland Museum of Art, ME (01.10.2019-12.01.2020); Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati OH(08.02-03.05.2020)

Cataloging source

YDX

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Language note

In English

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• bibliography
• catalogs