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Victoria Wyeth: The Three Generations of Wyeth Artists

Victoria Wyeth: The Three Generations of Wyeth Artists

Join Victoria Browning Wyeth as she discusses the artwork of her great-grandfather N.C. Wyeth, her grandfather Andrew Wyeth and her uncle Jamie Wyeth. Victoria will speak about the context surrounding the work as well as the subject matter and technique.

The only grandchild of iconic artist Andrew Wyeth, Victora is the daughter of Nicholas and Jane Wyeth. Her father is a private art dealer, and her mother is an art advisor who was trained as an art historian. Ms. Wyeth is the great-granddaughter of illustrator N.C. Wyeth and the niece of contemporary realist Jamie Wyeth.

Since her first gallery talk in June, 1995, Ms. Wyeth has interspersed discussions of subject matter and technique with direct quotes to her from her grandfather and her uncle. She also, of course, adds many personal memories and family stories.

in June, 2011, Ms. Wyeth curated Andrew and Jamie Wyeth: Selections from the Private Collection of Victoria Browning Wyeth for the Bates College Museum of Art.

In 2017, she was the guest curator of Andrew Wyeth at 100: A Family Remembrance, at the Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown, New York.

Ms. Wyeth has lectured extensively throughout the United States and abroad. She’s given gallery talks and Power Point lectures at Wyeth museum exhibitions from Tokyo to Paris. Her early morning gallery talks during the 2006 Andrew Wyeth retrospective at the Philadelphia Museum were consistently sold-out.

Ms. Wyeth is a gifted photographer; the Philadelphia Museum of Art used her photographs of her grandfather for publicity purposes for their 2006 retrospective Andrew Wyeth: Memory and Magic. Moreover, her black and white photographs of the artist were exhibited in conjunction with his exhibitions at the Bates College Museum of Art (2000-2001), the Mississippi Museum of Art (2001), and the High Museum of Art (2005-2006). Two museum shows including Ms. Wyeth's photographs were held in 2017. The first solo museum exhibition of her photographs, Victoria Wyeth: My Andy, was at the Greenville County Museum of Art in Greenville, South Carolina, which has the world’s largest public collection of watercolors by her grandfather.

For her complete bio, visit http://victoriawyeth.com/bio

Curtis Memorial Library
06:00 PM - 07:30 PM on Tue, 9 Apr 2024

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Curtis Memorial Library
2077255242
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Victoria Wyeth
Curtis Memorial Library
23 Pleasant Street
Brunswick, Maine 04011
2077255242
helpdesk@curtislibrary.com