N. C. Wyeth A Biography

Name: N. C. Wyeth A Biography
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ISBN: 9780060089269

ISBN-10: 0060089261

ISBN-13: 9780060089269

Edition: 2003

Authors: David Michaelis

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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 generations of readers. He was hailed as the greatest American illustrator of his day. For forty-three years, starting in 1902, N.C. Wyeth painted landscapes, still lifes, portraits, and murals, as well as illustrations for a long shelf of world literature. Yet despite worldwide acclaim, he judged himself a failure, believing that illustration was of no importance. David Michaelis tells the story of Wyeth's family through four generations -- a…

Book details

List price: $29.99
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 1/21/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 576
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.44" tall
Weight: 1.782
Language: English




Needham, 1866-1903


Black and White


Rudolph


Two Bloods


Practical Pictures


October 19


Missing Sons


Likeness



Wilmington, 1904-1910


The Ideal


An Old Weakness


Shoot-Out


Siege


Unhorsing the Master


Secret of the Grave


Moods



Chadds Ford/Needham, 1911-1929


Treasure


Alan Breck


The Skies of Chadds Ford


Teutonic


Death by Misadventure


Rip


Shoemaker's Children



Pa, 1930-1945


Colony


Oil and Water


Egg Tempera


Left Out


Two-Headed


Delaware Avenue Girl


An Open Secret


After N.C.


Genealogy of the Wyeths


Acknowledgments


Notes


Bibliography


Illustration Credits


Index