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A collection of art by the Wyeth family accompanied by essays written by people closely associated with the Wyeth tradition. They give a balanced picture of this remarkable dynasty of artists, and of their work within the context of 20th century America.
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When I was a boy, like many others, I was infatuated with tales of adventure. Treasure Island, Last of the Mohicans to name but two. At that time the illustrations in these books just leapt off the paper and fired my imagination. It was later when I became a serious student of art that I discovered that many of these illustrations were made by N.C.Wyeth. An American artist (19th-20thc) whose later son, Andrew Wyeth, became world-famous.
In Treasure Island, there is a painting of Blind Pugh, a ferocious pirate. I lost track of the times I…
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