About this title: Newell Convers Wyeth was the grandfather of an American artistic dynasty that included his son Andrew and his grandson Jamie. Though Wyeth aspired to become an accomplished painter, he is remembered for his now-classic book illustrations. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780679426264ISBN:0679426264
Description: Acceptable in Acceptable jacket. Spine shifted. Edges of jacket worn. Soiling to page edges. Buy with confidence-Satisfaction Guaranteed! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Fine. Trade Paperback. Harper Perennial, 2003. Fine Book. Aside from light edgewear to cover, overall a clean and tight, lightly read copy. Media mail packed in protective bubble lined shipping bags, Priority in a Flat Rate Envelope. Shipped quickly. Prompt response to questions. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. 0679426264 light shelf wear / edge wear cover / pages very good condition//"Buy with Confidence-Satisfaction Guaranteed! Customer Service Makes All the Difference. " read more
Edition: First paperback edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Perennial; HarperCollins, New York
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780060089269ISBN:0060089261
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. x, 555 pp., illus. (some col. ), biblio., index; 23 cm. Tight, clean copy. Light edgewear to wraps. Remainder mark/tail edge. "An American painting dynasty is portrayed in this huge, riveting biography of N. C. Wyeth. His name summons up our earliest images of the beloved books we read as children. His illustrations for Scribner's Illustrated Classics (Treasure Island, Kidnapped, The Last of the Mohicans, The Yearling) are etched into the collective memory of ... read more
Description: NF/NF. 1998. First Edition (stated). Light grey 1/4 cloth hardcover with silver lettering. Dust Jacket now protected in BRODART clear plastic cover. Original price to front endflap. Pictorial endpapers. 555pp. Index. Photos. read more
"He's probably my favorite painter, and this is a very good bio of his life. Very interesting to read his letters and the old-fashioned formality of his speech, even to his wife."
"One of my favorite illustrators, whom drew illustrations of Treasure Island and other classics. Tells of his childhood years to his tragic death at an old age. If you want to know more, read this book!"
"This is fascinating--N.C. Wyeth's longing to feel he was a true artist and not just an illustrator. And what is art in the early industrial United States? And what a family! I had no idea..."
"A slow start but ultimately engrossing. The author was trying too hard on the first few pages to start pointing out all the family links, coincidences and patterns. But that is the Wyeth family: engrossing and riddled with repeating patterns of thought, behavior and talent.
Though the focus of the book is patriarch Newell Convers Wyeth, it is a multi-generational saga where nothing is ever what it seems. N.C.'s illustrations are American classics just as his son's paintings are. They are also rife with personal symbolism and the working through of conflicted relationships and so have a very different meaning to the artist and the viewer.
This book a big rambling tome with the last 100+ pages are famiy tree, notes and index.
But I have to say that Richard Merryman has written the definitive biography of Andrew Wyeth (as well as a version for young people). And having read both of them as well, Merryman is the man to read. Or perhaps, having read Merryman, there were few surprises or insights left to discover which makes Michaelis' book seem like the lesser work."
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