This book presents drawings that Andrew Wyeth retained for his own collectionomany preliminary to well-known paintings. Created over more than five decades, from 1951 to 2005, they range from portraits of family members and friends to vibrant depictions of objects, landscapes, and buildings in and around the artist's homes in Pennsylvania and Maine. These works reflect the insight, emotion, and technique that are uniquely his. They demonstrate Wyeth's extraordinary skill as a draftsman and the accuracy with which he sees light and dark, enabling him to model forms while suggesting the very substance and texture of what he sees.
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"I have always been powerfully affected by Andrew Wyeth's drawings and studiesoparticularly those studies that do not attempt to cover the whole surface of the paper but instead focus on a few elements, so that the image seems to emerge magically from the empty white background, rather like a photograph that we observe in the process of development." Henry Adams
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Could be and should have been a great book!,
By El Mort "crowKing" (Mayor's Income, Tenn.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Andrew Wyeth: Master Drawings from the Artist's Collection (Paperback)
Really should have been a better book. Considering it comes from the museum practically in existence because of Andy. If you are used to repros such as those in the Helga book, or practically any of his other books (including the really old ones) those in this tome will utterly disappoint you. A great collection of drawings is here it should be said. The size of the book is the problem, but more so it is the photography of the art that is truly horrible. Several images are blurry, and no it was not the drawing itself, and no they did not rely on decades old photos. The photo credit for the book goes to someone who currently works at the museum and all of these images were in the show, available for shooting. The text, while informative, is really with a little searching, redundant info offered else where in Hoving's books and easy to find articles on the internet. Am not accusing them of trying to cash in, the book / catalog really should have had a more attentive eye trained on it during production. And for the money one would have to spend on it here, expectations should really be high.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Seeing the foundations; the pencil studies of Andrew Wyeth,
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This review is from: Andrew Wyeth: Master Drawings from the Artist's Collection (Paperback)
I have had great admiration for the work of Wyeth for years now, but this book blew me away with its reproductions of Wyeth's pencil drawings. While most are unfinished pencil studies done as preparatory work for his watercolors and temperas, his skill and technique are awe inspiring. He has the ability to realistically render both the texture of an object and the effect of light on that object without appearing overworked or labored. There is a freshness, immediacy, and sense of spontaneity in all of the drawings.
As someone who wishes to improve his own ability to draw, I found the unfinished nature of the drawings enlightening, allowing me to see the manner in which Wyeth works. It also highlights his ability to see the essentials of what interests him about a scene, and then capture that essence quickly and masterfully.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Weak,
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This review is from: Andrew Wyeth: Master Drawings from the Artist's Collection (Paperback)
This book is weak. the drawings themselves are amazing, but there should have been more drawings first of all, and secondly some of the ones that are in there are out of focus or fuzzy. Sad! Don't expect too much if you decide to buy this book. I would say its worth $5.
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