American artist Andrew Wyeth</a> (1917–2009) are currently on view on the second floor of the Morgan's Annex building. The works, Asleep, 1979, and Watch Cap Study, 1974, depict two of Wyeth's favorite subjects, Helga Testorf and Walt Anderson.<br><br><a target="_blank" href=https://www.mutualart.com/Exhibition/Two-Drawings-by-Andrew-Wyeth/"/Artist/Andrew-Wyeth/513EA77B7CE59FBA">Andrew Wyeth</a> remains one of America's most popular and most controversial artists. His meticulously detailed realism of largely rural people and scenes—sometimes criticized in relation to the modernist trend towards abstraction and urban subject matter—exists in an American sphere that includes the work of illustrators such as his father, N.C. Wyeth, and Norman Rockwell, as well as great landscape artists such as Winslow Homer.<br><br>Wyeth's exacting style relied heavily on drawings made from observation. Between 1971 and 1985, Wyeth created over two hundred works inspired by his neighbor Helga Testorf. The so-called Helga pictures emerged as an important career landmark. Asleep is a beautiful example of Wyeth's manner—the intimate portrait of Helga emphasizes the details of her face, while the surrounding elements are merely indicated with a few cursory lines.<br><br>Watch Cap Study, a preparatory drawing for the watercolor, Watch Cap, of the same year, shows subject Walt Anderson turned away from the viewer and staring toward a vast expanse of water—in a pose reminiscent of nineteenth-century Romanticism. The detailed rendering of the hair and weathered wool cap are typical of Wyeth's realism, marked by a masterful attention to telling detail." />
Two Drawings by Andrew Wyeth
Jan 01, 2010 - May 02, 2010
Two superbly rendered drawings by celebrated American artist Andrew Wyeth (1917–2009) are currently on view on the second floor of the Morgan's Annex building. The works, Asleep, 1979, and Watch Cap Study, 1974, depict two of Wyeth's favorite subjects, Helga Testorf and Walt Anderson.
Andrew Wyeth remains one of America's most popular and most controversial artists. His meticulously detailed realism of largely rural people and scenes—sometimes criticized in relation to the modernist trend towards abstraction and urban subject matter—exists in an American sphere that includes the work of illustrators such as his father, N.C. Wyeth, and Norman Rockwell, as well as great landscape artists such as Winslow Homer.
Wyeth's exacting style relied heavily on drawings made from observation. Between 1971 and 1985, Wyeth created over two hundred works inspired by his neighbor Helga Testorf. The so-called Helga pictures emerged as an important career landmark. Asleep is a beautiful example of Wyeth's manner—the intimate portrait of Helga emphasizes the details of her face, while the surrounding elements are merely indicated with a few cursory lines.
Watch Cap Study, a preparatory drawing for the watercolor, Watch Cap, of the same year, shows subject Walt Anderson turned away from the viewer and staring toward a vast expanse of water—in a pose reminiscent of nineteenth-century Romanticism. The detailed rendering of the hair and weathered wool cap are typical of Wyeth's realism, marked by a masterful attention to telling detail.
Andrew Wyeth remains one of America's most popular and most controversial artists. His meticulously detailed realism of largely rural people and scenes—sometimes criticized in relation to the modernist trend towards abstraction and urban subject matter—exists in an American sphere that includes the work of illustrators such as his father, N.C. Wyeth, and Norman Rockwell, as well as great landscape artists such as Winslow Homer.
Wyeth's exacting style relied heavily on drawings made from observation. Between 1971 and 1985, Wyeth created over two hundred works inspired by his neighbor Helga Testorf. The so-called Helga pictures emerged as an important career landmark. Asleep is a beautiful example of Wyeth's manner—the intimate portrait of Helga emphasizes the details of her face, while the surrounding elements are merely indicated with a few cursory lines.
Watch Cap Study, a preparatory drawing for the watercolor, Watch Cap, of the same year, shows subject Walt Anderson turned away from the viewer and staring toward a vast expanse of water—in a pose reminiscent of nineteenth-century Romanticism. The detailed rendering of the hair and weathered wool cap are typical of Wyeth's realism, marked by a masterful attention to telling detail.
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Two superbly rendered drawings by celebrated American artist Andrew Wyeth (1917–2009) are currently on view on the second floor of the Morgan's Annex building. The works, Asleep, 1979, and Watch Cap Study, 1974, depict two of Wyeth's favorite subjects, Helga Testorf and Walt Anderson.
Andrew Wyeth remains one of America's most popular and most controversial artists. His meticulously detailed realism of largely rural people and scenes—sometimes criticized in relation to the modernist trend towards abstraction and urban subject matter—exists in an American sphere that includes the work of illustrators such as his father, N.C. Wyeth, and Norman Rockwell, as well as great landscape artists such as Winslow Homer.
Wyeth's exacting style relied heavily on drawings made from observation. Between 1971 and 1985, Wyeth created over two hundred works inspired by his neighbor Helga Testorf. The so-called Helga pictures emerged as an important career landmark. Asleep is a beautiful example of Wyeth's manner—the intimate portrait of Helga emphasizes the details of her face, while the surrounding elements are merely indicated with a few cursory lines.
Watch Cap Study, a preparatory drawing for the watercolor, Watch Cap, of the same year, shows subject Walt Anderson turned away from the viewer and staring toward a vast expanse of water—in a pose reminiscent of nineteenth-century Romanticism. The detailed rendering of the hair and weathered wool cap are typical of Wyeth's realism, marked by a masterful attention to telling detail.
Andrew Wyeth remains one of America's most popular and most controversial artists. His meticulously detailed realism of largely rural people and scenes—sometimes criticized in relation to the modernist trend towards abstraction and urban subject matter—exists in an American sphere that includes the work of illustrators such as his father, N.C. Wyeth, and Norman Rockwell, as well as great landscape artists such as Winslow Homer.
Wyeth's exacting style relied heavily on drawings made from observation. Between 1971 and 1985, Wyeth created over two hundred works inspired by his neighbor Helga Testorf. The so-called Helga pictures emerged as an important career landmark. Asleep is a beautiful example of Wyeth's manner—the intimate portrait of Helga emphasizes the details of her face, while the surrounding elements are merely indicated with a few cursory lines.
Watch Cap Study, a preparatory drawing for the watercolor, Watch Cap, of the same year, shows subject Walt Anderson turned away from the viewer and staring toward a vast expanse of water—in a pose reminiscent of nineteenth-century Romanticism. The detailed rendering of the hair and weathered wool cap are typical of Wyeth's realism, marked by a masterful attention to telling detail.
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