Comments on: Adam

By: Paul Baswell

Paul Baswell — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 19:50:22 +0000

as a young man i marveled at paintings shown to me of Wyeth's work. he is original but also truly American. In my mind he held fast to a tradition over 600 years old this alone is reason enough for modernist to dislike his work. I my self think art Critics are as common as flys and just as pesky! not to be taken seriously and definitely to be relegated to "those kind of People" status. I put for this thought, what is wrong with being sentimental? if that is your truth. I think his work has a gritty quality. I'm old enough to know of life in the 1960's maybe by todays standers its rote but for the 60's it was fresh and cutting at a time when the vary idea of what America stood for was in upheava.l I think Wyeth stood by his idea of what it meant to him. if we as artist can do that in the face of pressure to be commercial and profitable then we have definitely succeeded indeed.

By: David

David — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:59:47 +0000

Deborah,

I'm not sure. You could check with the Brandywine River Museum in Pennsylvania. They have a pretty good collection of Wyeths.

By: deborah

deborah — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:37:17 +0000

where is Adam located today? what museum today is Adam located

By: David

David — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 23:07:22 +0000

Wyeth's work certainly flies in the face of most modern establishment art. Actually, mostly it just doesn't care about modern establishment art, which probably annoys modern establishment art critics quite a bit.

I agree that his sense of composition is much more sophisticated than it might at first appear.

By: jeff freedner

jeff freedner — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 02:53:04 +0000

Of course you know Andrew Wyeth is very unpopular in some art circles. Hence the reaction when you used as an example on a forum. Personally I like Wyeth, his watercolors are amazing and his drawings are as well.

The tempera's I like some more than others. He is a very original artist, and that alone says something giving whom his father was.

The thing that I love about him is how he finds all these different ways to solve composition problems and how each medium he uses defines how he makes his decisions.