Wyeth: Andrew and Jamie in the Studio

The career path of Vincent van Gogh (1853and#8211;1890), one of the world's most recognizable artists, was anything but typical. Focusing on the early stages of van Gogh's artistic development, Becoming van Gogh illustrates the artist's efforts to master draftsmanship, understand the challenges of materials and techniques, incorporate color theory, and fold myriad influences into his artistic vocabulary. Van Gogh was aware of avant-garde trends including Georges Seurat's divisionism, Paul Signac's and Camille Pissarro's pointillism, and#201;mile Bernard's synthetism, and Henri Toulouse-Lautrec's immersion in the bohemian culture of Montmartre.

This handsome book features works by van Gogh alongside works by the artists who influenced him, showing how he incorporated elements of their techniques into a style that became, eventually, uniquely his own. It features essays exploring how van Gogh imbued his early works with energy as he strove to master drawing with graphite, ink, and washes; how he began to understand color with watercolor paintings; and how heand#160;tested his skill with oils on canvas. The distinguished contributors to this volume offer insight into van Gogh's temperament, memory, typography, and relationship with his critics, among other topics. Generously illustrated with 262 color images, the book also includes a chronology charting the artist's stylistic development.

An in-depth exploration of Vincent van Gogh's unconventional path to becoming one of the world's most recognizable artists

An essential new look at the diverse work and artistic methods of beloved American realist painters Andrew and Jamie Wyeth
Father and son artists Andrew Wyeth (1917 2009) and Jamie Wyeth (b. 1946) are among the most celebrated American realist painters of the 20th century. Despite their similar habits of mind, studio practice, and rural Pennsylvania upbringing, the two artists produced strikingly different work. However, they also employed a wide range of processes in works that parallel and complement each other. This artistic conversation is evident when considering the artists vast output of preliminary work much of which has remained unpublished until now alongside their iconic paintings.
This groundbreaking publication takes a novel approach in exploring the Wyeths working methods and processes. Author Timothy J. Standring also provides the reader with a rare personal glimpse into the artists world by chronicling his visits to their studios in the Brandywine Valley and Midcoast Maine over the course of four years. With over 200 color illustrations showing works in a variety of media including pen and ink, graphite, chalk, watercolor, dry brush, tempera, and oil this handsome book situates each artist s oeuvre in the context of their shared biographies, place, and artistic practices."

An essential new look at the diverse work and artistic methods of beloved American realist painters Andrew and Jamie Wyeth

Beautifully illustrated with more than 200 works in a variety of media, this book offers an essential new look at the diverse work and shared studio practices of American realist artists Andrew and Jamie Wyeth.

Father and son artists Andrew Wyeth (1917andndash;2009) and Jamie Wyeth (b. 1946) are among the most celebrated American realist painters of the 20th century. Despite their similar habits of mind, studio practice, and rural Pennsylvania upbringing, the two artists produced strikingly different work. However, they also employed a wide range of processes in works that parallel and complement each other. This artistic conversation is evident when considering the artistsandrsquo; vast output of preliminary workandmdash;much of which has remained unpublished until nowandmdash;alongside their iconic paintings.

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This groundbreaking publication takes a novel approach in exploring the Wyethsandrsquo; working methods and processes. Author Timothy J. Standring also provides the reader with a rare personal glimpse into the artistsandrsquo; world by chronicling his visits to their studios in the Brandywine Valley and Midcoast Maine over the course of four years. With over 200 color illustrations showing works in a variety of mediaandmdash;including pen and ink, graphite, chalk, watercolor, dry brush, tempera, and oilandmdash;this handsome book situates each artistandrsquo;s oeuvre in the context of their shared biographies, place, and artistic practices.and#160;and#160;

Timothy Standring is the Gates Foundation Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the Denver Art Museum. Louis van Tilborgh is a senior researcher at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.