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N. C. Wyeth: A Biography Paperback - 2003
by David Michaelis
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Wyeth's illustrations for "Treasure Island, Kidnapped, The Last of the Mohicans, The Yearling, " and many other books are etched into the collective memory of generations of readers. Michaelis tells the story of Wyeth's family through four generations. The artist himself is brought alive in this fully realized portrait of this huge-spirited, deeply complicated man.
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IN AUGUST 1866 a grave was dug in the village cemetery for the body of an infant boy.
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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 saga that begins and ends with tragedy -- and brings to life the huge-spirited, deeply complicated man, and an America that was quickly vanishing.
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- Title N. C. Wyeth: A Biography
- Author David Michaelis
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 576
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial, New York
- Publication date 2003-01-21
- Features Bibliography, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780060089269 / 0060089261
- Weight 1.81 lbs (0.82 kg)
- Dimensions 9.14 x 5.98 x 1.58 in (23.22 x 15.19 x 4.01 cm)
- Category Biography / Autobiography
- Library of Congress subjects Painters - United States, Illustrators - United States
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2003042876
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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- New York Times, 02/09/2003, Page 28
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