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Christina Olson
Author | : Jean Olson Brooks,Deborah Dalfonso |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Cushing (Me.) |
ISBN | : 0892724048 |
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This engaging biography looks beyond the famous Andrew Wyeth painting at the woman whose dignity and spirit left a lasting impression on those she touched.
A Piece of the World
Author | : Christina Baker Kline |
Publsiher | : HarperCollins |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2017-02-21 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780062356284 |
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A must-read for anyone who loves history and art.” --Kristin Hannah From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the smash bestseller Orphan Train, a stunning and atmospheric novel of friendship, passion, and art, inspired by Andrew Wyeth’s mysterious and iconic painting Christina’s World. "Later he told me that he’d been afraid to show me the painting. He thought I wouldn’t like the way he portrayed me: dragging myself across the field, fingers clutching dirt, my legs twisted behind. The arid moonscape of wheatgrass and timothy. That dilapidated house in the distance, looming up like a secret that won’t stay hidden." To Christina Olson, the entire world was her family’s remote farm in the small coastal town of Cushing, Maine. Born in the home her family had lived in for generations, and increasingly incapacitated by illness, Christina seemed destined for a small life. Instead, for more than twenty years, she was host and inspiration for the artist Andrew Wyeth, and became the subject of one of the best known American paintings of the twentieth century. As she did in her beloved smash bestseller Orphan Train, Christina Baker Kline interweaves fact and fiction in a powerful novel that illuminates a little-known part of America’s history. Bringing into focus the flesh-and-blood woman behind the portrait, she vividly imagines the life of a woman with a complicated relationship to her family and her past, and a special bond with one of our greatest modern artists. Told in evocative and lucid prose, A Piece of the World is a story about the burdens and blessings of family history, and how artist and muse can come together to forge a new and timeless legacy.
Christina s World
Author | : Andrew Wyeth,Betsy James Wyeth |
Publsiher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 281 |
Release | : 1982-01-01 |
Genre | : Artists' preparatory studies |
ISBN | : 0395322219 |
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This album of photographs, watercolor sketches, watercolor paintings, and finished tempera paintings, accompanied by a revealing personal text, explores the world of Christina Olson, the subject of Wyeth's most famous paintings
Wyeth
Author | : Laura J. Hoptman |
Publsiher | : The Museum of Modern Art |
Total Pages | : 49 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780870708312 |
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In 1948 Andrew Wyeth produced what would become one of the most iconic paintings in American art: a desolate landscape featuring a woman lying in a field, that he called "Christina's World." The woman in the painting, Christina Olson, lived in Cushing, Maine, where Wyeth and his wife kept a summer house. She suffered from polio, and was paralyzed from the waist down; Wyeth was moved to portray her when he saw her one day crawling through the field towards her house. "Christina's World" was to become one of the most well-loved and most scorned works of the twentieth century, igniting heated arguments about parochialism, sentimentality, kitsch and elitism that have continued to dog the art world and Wyeth's own reputation, even after the artist's death in 2009. An essay by MoMA curator Laura Hoptman revisits the genesis of the painting, discussing Wyeth's curious focus, over the course of his career, on a deliberately delimited range of subjects and exploring the mystery that continues to surround the enigmatic painting.
Andrew Wyeth Christina s World and the Olson House
Author | : Michael K. Komanecky,Otoyo Nakamura |
Publsiher | : Rizzoli Publications |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011-07-05 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780847837359 |
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An extraordinary private collection of watercolors and drawings by Andrew Wyeth depicting the subjects memorialized in his legendary painting Christina's World, one of the best-known works of American art. This book presents rarely seen watercolors and drawings Andrew Wyeth made of his friend Christina Olson, her brother Alvaro, and the weathered Maine farmstead where they lived. It features moving portraits and serene interior and exterior views of the house and the surrounding land, now memorialized in Wyeth's 1948 tempera painting Christina's World, one of the most famous paintings in the history of American art and now in the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Some forty-five works from the collection of the Marunuma Art Park in Japan, rarely shown before in the United States, are accompanied by works from the Farnsworth as well as by historical photographs of Wyeth, the Olsons, and the house. Otoyo Nakamura writes about the history of this collection of Wyeth works, and Michael Komanecky addresses the place of the Olson farm in Wyeth's career over three decades, and how Christina's World and the Olson House have inspired pilgrimages for fans of Wyeth's work. Despite its isolated location and seasonal schedule, Olson House draws thousands of visitors each year from around the world. The Olson House, acquired by the Farnsworth Art Museum in 1991, has been recommended for National Landmark status.
Guide to Christina Baker Kline s A Piece of the World by Instaread
Author | : Instaread |
Publsiher | : Instaread |
Total Pages | : 17 |
Release | : 2017-04-24 |
Genre | : Study Aids |
ISBN | : 9781683787334 |
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Christina Baker Kline’s A Piece of the World and NOT the original book. Preview: A Piece of the World, a novel by Christina Baker Kline, is the partially true story of Christina Olson, the subject of Christina’s World, Andrew Wyeth’s most famous painting. Christina and Andy, as she called him, were kindred spirits who formed a special friendship before he became known in the art world… Inside this companion to the book: · Overview of the book · Main Characters · Themes · Author’s Style About the Author: With Instaread, you can get the notes and insights from a book in 15 minutes or less. Visit our website at instaread.co.
RV Vacations For Dummies
Author | : Harry Basch,Shirley Slater |
Publsiher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 460 |
Release | : 2008-08-11 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 9780470372456 |
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From New England to the Oregon Coast, from Texas to the Tetons, America is full of fascinating and friendly places ? and your RV is a great way to get to any one of them. This fun, friendly guide shows you how to get the most out of RV vacations with fun itineraries and handy tips on: Choosing the right route; picking the right RV for your budget; eating and sleeping comfortably on the road; and planning ahead for special travel needs.
Dictionary of Artists Models
Author | : Jill Berk Jiminez |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 628 |
Release | : 2013-10-15 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781135959210 |
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The first reference work devoted to their lives and roles, this book provides information on some 200 artists' models from the Renaissance to the present day. Most entries are illustrated and consist of a brief biography, selected works in which the model appears (with location), a list of further reading. This will prove an invaluable reference work for art historians, librarians, museum and gallery curators, as well as students and researchers.