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Journal To Print Wyeth’s ‘Goodbye’
By JONATHAN L. FISCHER, The Bulletin
A Maine ecological journal this weekend will reproduce “Goodbye,” the final painting by the artist Andrew Wyeth.
The late Chadds Ford artist — who was one of the most notable, and at times controversial, painters of the 20th century — created the painting in late 2008, The Associated Press reported. Wyeth died on Jan. 16. He was 91.
Island Journal will include the painting in a folio of more than a dozen of Wyeth’s paintings depicting Maine’s island communities. The journal, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, is the annual publication of the Island Institute, an organization that advocates for the ecological concerns of Maine’s islands and waterfront. An essay by Chris Crosman, a former director of the Farnsworth Art Museum in Farnsworth, Maine, will accompany the artworks.
“[‘Goodbye’] is a really personal painting of Mrs. Wyeth’s,” Karen Baumgartner, the database manager for the Andrew Wyeth Office, which manages the artist’s catalog, told The Bulletin. Ms. Baumgartner said Betsy Wyeth, the artist’s widow, has only allowed the painting to be shown once before, in the Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford immediately after Andrew Wyeth’s death.
The Wyeths were among the founding members of the Island Institute.
The folio of paintings — including “Goodbye” — will be available online beginning Sunday, according to an Island Institute release. Its Web site can be found at www.islandinstitute. org.
Beginning in the 1930s, Wyeth led a prolific career that stretched through the rest of the century, working mostly in the realist style — to the chagrin of much of the art establishment.
He largely split his time between his home in Chadds Ford, where he lived until his death, and a summer residence in Cushing, Maine. He is best known for “Christina’s World,” a 1948 painting recognized as one of the most iconic images of the 20th century. It hangs in the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan.
Wyeth’s father was N.C. Wyeth, a famous American illustrator.
Jonathan L. Fischer can be reached at jfischer@thebulletin.us
The late Chadds Ford artist — who was one of the most notable, and at times controversial, painters of the 20th century — created the painting in late 2008, The Associated Press reported. Wyeth died on Jan. 16. He was 91.
Island Journal will include the painting in a folio of more than a dozen of Wyeth’s paintings depicting Maine’s island communities. The journal, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, is the annual publication of the Island Institute, an organization that advocates for the ecological concerns of Maine’s islands and waterfront. An essay by Chris Crosman, a former director of the Farnsworth Art Museum in Farnsworth, Maine, will accompany the artworks.
“[‘Goodbye’] is a really personal painting of Mrs. Wyeth’s,” Karen Baumgartner, the database manager for the Andrew Wyeth Office, which manages the artist’s catalog, told The Bulletin. Ms. Baumgartner said Betsy Wyeth, the artist’s widow, has only allowed the painting to be shown once before, in the Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford immediately after Andrew Wyeth’s death.
The Wyeths were among the founding members of the Island Institute.
The folio of paintings — including “Goodbye” — will be available online beginning Sunday, according to an Island Institute release. Its Web site can be found at www.islandinstitute. org.
Beginning in the 1930s, Wyeth led a prolific career that stretched through the rest of the century, working mostly in the realist style — to the chagrin of much of the art establishment.
He largely split his time between his home in Chadds Ford, where he lived until his death, and a summer residence in Cushing, Maine. He is best known for “Christina’s World,” a 1948 painting recognized as one of the most iconic images of the 20th century. It hangs in the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan.
Wyeth’s father was N.C. Wyeth, a famous American illustrator.
Jonathan L. Fischer can be reached at jfischer@thebulletin.us
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