RESERVE FOR ASHLEY - First edition of N. C. Wyeth by Kate F. Jennings (1992) published by Crescent books

First edition of N. C. Wyeth by Kate F. Jennings (1992) published by Crescent books. This book is in very good to fine condition. Some wear on the dust jacket and slight wear on the edge of the cover. No markings or inscriptions in the book. Color plates are beautifully rendered. A great oversized art book.

"Buried Treasure" - If you would like this book, convo me and I will take 5% off the original price for you and put it in the reserve section of our shop. All I ask in return is for you to do some nice deed for someone else. Be well!

Newell Convers Wyeth (October 22, 1882 – October 19, 1945), known as N. C. Wyeth, was an American artist and illustrator. He was the pupil of artist Howard Pyle and became one of America's greatest illustrators. During his lifetime, Wyeth created over 3,000 paintings and illustrated 112 books, 25 of them for Scribner's, the Scribner Classics, which is the work for which he is best known. The first of these, Treasure Island, was one of his masterpieces and the proceeds paid for his studio. Wyeth was a realist painter just as the camera and photography began to compete with his craft.[3] Sometimes seen as melodramatic, his illustrations were designed to be understood quickly. Wyeth, who was both a painter and an illustrator, understood the difference, and said in 1908, "Painting and illustration cannot be mixed—one cannot merge from one into the other.

He is the father of Andrew Wyeth and the grandfather of Jamie Wyeth, both known American painters.

Significant public collections of Wyeth's work are on display at the Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford, and in Maine, at the Portland Museum of Art and the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland. The Brandywine River Museum offers tours of the N. C. Wyeth House and Studio in Chadds Ford. The home and studio were designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1997. The home and studio are open to the public for tours. His studio is set up as if he has just left — the palette he used on the day of his death sits by his last canvas.

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