
The Mill (detail) 1959. By Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009) Drybrush on paper. From a Brandywine River Museum Publication. Chadds Ford, Pa. © Andrew Wyeth. Left click all images

Entrance to Andrew Wyeth’s studio in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. Guided tour presented by the Brandywine River Museum. September 2013. Paul Goldfinger photo ©
By Paul Goldfinger, Editor @Blogfinger.net We have a number of posts about this great artist . You can put his name into our search box above.
2013:
There is a sign on Andrew Wyeth’s studio door which says “I am working, so please do not disturb. I do not sign autographs.” He liked his privacy. He planted lots of shrubs and trees around so that the simple white house would not be noticed.
On the way to the studio each morning, Wyeth would stop at Wawa and pick up eggs to make tempera paint.

Andrew Wyeth’s studio by NY Times photographer Jessica Kourkounis * May, 2013. Note the northerly light that artists love.
His grand-daughter Victoria Browning Wyeth happened by while we were assembling outside. She had spent the morning with a BBC crew that was interviewing her and photographing inside. She is a bubbly young woman who was carrying a sketch-like water color that her grandfather made for her. She briefly held it up so that we all could see.
The drawing shows Andrew Wyeth in Maine, sitting on the rocks overlooking the ocean in Cushing, Maine where he spent his summers. He is with his dog and he is sketching. He is wearing a Ralph Lauren jacket which Victoria showed us. He liked to wear that jacket when he painted, and she showed us the paint splatters on the sleeves. Beneath the picture is a personal letter from A.W. to Victoria.
We posted a photograph of Victoria with that painting along with a quote of her grandfather’s letter to her and a closeup of the letter.
However, she e-mailed us today and asked that we remove the image and the text quote on the grounds that they are copyright. She did not tell us that the image was copyright when she showed it to the entire group. Many of us were taking photos of her. However, we have agreed to her request.
* New York Times travel article May,, 2013, is very good: NY Times Wyeth article
AARON COPLAND. London Symphony Orchestra. “Down a Country Lane” (1962). Album: Orchestral Works (1948-1971)