Andrew Wyeth (1917 – 2009)
Posted by M.R.N. on August 25, 2012
Christina’s World
Braids – Portrait Of Helga Testorf
Lovers
On Her Knees
Maga’s Daughter
Siri
Faraway
Young America
Seabed
Day Dream
Christina Olson
Black Water
Helga
Letting Her Hair Down
The Virgin
Winter 1946
Sandspit
Wind From The Sea
Ericksons
Leaving
title unknown
My Young Friend
Indian Summer
The Patriot
Dwight Eisenhower
Up In The Studio
The Public Sale
Black Velvet
Chambered Nautilus
Man And The Moon
Overflow
Snow Hill
Sauna
Helga Sleeping
In The Orchard
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vincenzo said
Sinceramente, il realismo di Andrew Wyeth non mi entusiasma molto. Le opere di questo artista (tecnicamente valido) risultano, a mio parere, piuttosto scialbe dal punto di vista cromatico. Pur avendo scelto temi interessanti, Wyeth ha insistito troppo sul monotono colore bruno, anche laddove la brillantezza dei colori sarebbe stata necessaria, come ad esempio nei campi ricoperti d’erba, nei cieli, negli ambienti interni, nel carnato e nei vestiti delle persone, ecc..
Personalmente, penso che il dipinto più interessante, almeno dal punto di vista emozionale, sia quello di Christina’s World, dove l’attenzione dello spettatore viene attratta dalla figura drammatica della giovane paralitica.
Sara said
Si, Vincenzo,concordo che in generale le sue opere possono essere definire scialbe, con un cromatismo a volte che rasenta il monocromatismo, con valori pittorici spesso poco interessanti. Non conosco tutta la sua sterminata produzione, ma nelle opere che ho visto la qualità pittorica è diseguale. Alcune cose le trovo addirittura scadenti, specie in molti acquerelli, come in “snow hill” o in the Orchard..Ma in altre opere quel cromatismo dimesso, dai toni spenti , acquista una valenza poetica. Mi piacciono per esempio Overflow,, Day dream..Certi ritratti ricordano la pittura fiamminga e hanno un loro rigore interno , in altri c’è solo l’esercitazione grafica. Ecco, proprio quello che per te è il dipinto più interessante, ossia Christina’s worl, (se è lo stesso che vedo io in questa rassegna), per me è tra i più scadenti , invece, privo di qualunque valore formale , lineare e coloristico ,ecc
Bruce said
Whether there was a physical relationship or not, Andrew Wyeth surely loved Helga Testorf. She appeared in 245 images that he created over a 14-year period, 45(!) paintings and 200 drawings. They were kept secret from their spouses for all that time and created quite a stir, along with some marital strains, when they became public in 1986. Wyeth died only three years ago but presumably Testorf is still living in the Chadd’s Ford area, perhaps wincing, perhaps smiling, as she thinks of all the fuss created by her nudity.
Wyeth’s wife Betsy viewed the relationship with equanimity, at least in public: “The Helga paintings created a sensation when their existence was revealed in 1986, in part because many were nudes and because of Betsy Wyeth’s provocative answer when asked what the works were about. ‘Love,’ she said. ‘He’s a very secret person. He doesn’t pry in my life and I don’t pry in his. And it’s worth it,’ she said.” A remarkable woman, Mrs. Wyeth. Of course, the $6 to $10 million dollars that Wyeth sold the Helga Collection for shortly after revealing it to his wife may have helped her disposition considerably.
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/28690990/ns/today-entertainment/t/american-painter-andrew-wyeth-dies/#.UD51TdWqbh0
Bruce said
My other source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Helga_Pictures. I am a big fan of romance, the bond formed between one man and one woman that can endure for many years. Sometimes the circumstances make it so much more intriguing and poignant.
Suzay Lamb said
This comment is better than my chapter-a-day reading. Excellent!