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My all time favorite artist died yesterday, Andrew Wyeth.
Painter of "Christina's World" and many other favorite watercolors and tempera paintings. I loved his use of muted color, simple yet dynamic composition and local people and scenes. He was truly great and it saddens me that I never met him. I did see a couple exhibits of his work and they are truly wonderful. I have a couple videos and several books about his work and life. I also have a poster of "Christina's World" hanging in my painting room. I first saw it in the encyclopedia when I was a kid and it truly spoke to me. It was years later before I learned who Christina was and why she was crawling across that field. If you aren't familiar with the story or painting you must look it up and read it for yourself. I have posted the image here.
Painter of "Christina's World" and many other favorite watercolors and tempera paintings. I loved his use of muted color, simple yet dynamic composition and local people and scenes. He was truly great and it saddens me that I never met him. I did see a couple exhibits of his work and they are truly wonderful. I have a couple videos and several books about his work and life. I also have a poster of "Christina's World" hanging in my painting room. I first saw it in the encyclopedia when I was a kid and it truly spoke to me. It was years later before I learned who Christina was and why she was crawling across that field. If you aren't familiar with the story or painting you must look it up and read it for yourself. I have posted the image here.
1 comment:
Oh no...I love Andrew Wyeth..I used to teach a whole week on him in my art history class..."Christina's World" is one of my all time favorites of his works...how sad that he has passed.
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