"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

07 December 2020

Sparks.

What sparks an artist’s imagination?  How do artists return to themes and interests over time?  How does their technique and approach to painting, drawing, and combined media evolve during their career?

Jamie Wyeth, in conversation with Elliot Bostwick Davis, discusses some of the MFA artists, including John Singleton Copley, Winslow Homer, Thomas Eakins, Rockwell Kent, Edward Hopper, and Andy Warhol, as well as works by members of his family, that have inspired his work and practice as one of the foremost contemporary realists ...


Victoria Woodhall of the Farnsworth Museum in Rockland, Maine as she interviews artist Jamie Wyeth about his process and famous family (including his grandfather, legendary illustrator N.C. Wyeth and his father, painter Andrew Wyeth). Jamie discusses artists of the Brandywine School tradition, growing up in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, and the stories behind his well-known works ...

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