This Friday, October 4, 2019 through January 12, 2020 there is a major exhibit of N.C. Wyeth's paintings at the Portland Museum of Art, in Portland, Maine. I have read where Wyeth's work has not been displayed on this scale in over fifty years. This reflects a renewed interest by the general public in his art. This traveling show originated at the Brandywine Museum of Art in Chadd's Ford, Pennsylvania.
N.C. Wyeth is known for his illustrative work. These include the Scribner's Illustrated Classics such as The Last of the Mohicans dating from the early nineteen hundreds. He painted on a large scale, in murals, rugged individuals as well as lovely landscape paintings of Chadd's Ford, PA and along the coast of Maine where he lived.
Personally, I admired how he captured the postures of the individual's he depicted. Whether they were riding a horse or working the family farm.
When I was at the Clark Art Museum during the Summer, I purchased the catalog N.C. Wyeth: New Perspectives(published by the Brandywine River Museum of Art and the Portland Museum of Art in association with Yale University Press, New Haven and London).
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