Andrew Wyeth - “Painter of the People”

We were sad to hear of the news that American artist Andrew Wyeth passed away today.

An excerpt from today’s Washington Post:

“…the popular American painter of rustic landscapes, farmhouses and plain country folk whose pictures evoked a range of feelings and emotions and a nostalgic vision of times past, died at home early January 16 at age 91.

“…A household name in the national artistic community since the middle years of the 20th century, Mr. Wyeth rose to prominence in the same period in which the abstract expressionist painters of the New York School were establishing their mark as teh mainstream artists of the era.  His work was different.  The abstract expressionists did non-representational compositions, characterized by what they said was a spontaneous and self-expressive application of paint. They often worked in bright and flowing colors with flamboyant brush strokes.  Mr. Wyeth painted in pale colors, lighter shades of brown, red, yellow and black, and the shapes and objects in his pictures were concrete and easily recognizable.”

One of our favorite Andrew Wyeth paintings is “Stop” pictured below.    Thank you Mr. Wyeth for all the art you have created..you will be missed.