Today's Hump Day Art features three paintings by Andrew Wyeth that I saw at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Wyeth died early this year and these were the painting they used to commemorate his work. The above work is from 1943 and is called "Public Sale." It is tempera on panel. It depicts the forced auction of a Pennsylvania farm and its contents. The description notes that Wyeth's decision to focus on the landscape rather than the people, "imbues this already poignant scene with an air of haunting melancholy."
"Groundhog Day" was done in 1959 and is also tempera on panel. This is one of the works Wyeth did from a series on his neighbors, the Kuerner's. You might remember another posting I did of their house, which was called "
Wolf Moon."
I did not get the information about the name of this painting. I believe it was called "The Spring House," but I could be wrong. If someone knows the correct name, please let me know. For more information about Andrew Wyeth and his art, visit the
Brandywine River Museum at Chads Ford, PA.
Today's Hump Day Art features three paintings by Andrew Wyeth that I saw at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Wyeth died early this year and these were the painting they used to commemorate his work. The above work is from 1943 and is called "Public Sale." It is tempera on panel. It depicts the forced auction of a Pennsylvania farm and its contents. The description notes that Wyeth's decision to focus on the landscape rather than the people, "imbues this already poignant scene with an air of haunting melancholy."
"Groundhog Day" was done in 1959 and is also tempera on panel. This is one of the works Wyeth did from a series on his neighbors, the Kuerner's. You might remember another posting I did of their house, which was called "Wolf Moon."
I did not get the information about the name of this painting. I believe it was called "The Spring House," but I could be wrong. If someone knows the correct name, please let me know. For more information about Andrew Wyeth and his art, visit the Brandywine River Museum at Chads Ford, PA. 
