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The Wyeths: Three Generations of Artists |
| Section: THE ARTS / ART |
| Author: James F. Cooper |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 10/1/1987 |
| Size: 2,274 Words, 13,653 Characters |
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The life's work of one solitary artist, who has been described as a loner who wanders by himself in the woods, has come to epitomize, for an increasing number of Americans, a renewed faith in those values that have often been discredited during the last fifty years. It is no accident that this artist is Andrew Wyeth, even though other artists, including Wyeth's father and son, evidence equal technical skills and sensitivity to aesthetic nuances. Three concurrent exhibitions now afford us hindsight in viewing the works of Wyeth and him family: An American Vision: Three generations of Wyeth Arts; Andrew Wyeth: The Helga Pictures; and the permanent display at the Brandywine River Museum.
What separates the work of Andrew Wyeth from much of the contemporary art world is not its realis...
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...enthusiasm that recalls his grandfather's masterly brushwork.
This discussion of talent brings to mind Howard Pyle's admonition to Jamie's grandfather that to be an artist one must focus upon "ideals" and "character." It is too early to determine whether the scion of the Wyeth legacy has misread the change in the American character, and thereby missed the lesson of his own family's heritage.
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