by Andrew Wyeth (1917 - 2007)
Museum Curator, Patricia Junker: " . . . Wyeth was inclined to go beyond local color, employing surprising hues -- a deep blue and fuchsia . . . [his wife] Betsy disliked the affectation, and always a perceptive, unflinching critic, she challenged him: "Andy you've got to get rid of all this corny color. Everything is exaggerated . . . You're going down the wrong road. You've got to get to the truth."
from Andrew Wyeth: In Retrospect
see my current post
"The Painting's the Thing Wherein"
@ The Fortnightly Kitti Carriker
A literary blog of connection & coincidence;
custom & ceremony
Junker's reference to "deep blue and fuchsia" brings to mind the watercolors, oils and egg tempera favored by Andrew's father:
Odysseus And Calypso (1929)
On an earlier Fortnightlty post:
"He Said She Said"
No comments:
Post a Comment