
The Way Back
The Paintings of George A. Weymouth A Brandywine Valley Visionary
Rizzoli International Publications (Publisher)
Published on 23. January 2018
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-0-8478-6243-6 (ISBN)
Description
American artist George A. Frolic Weymouth (1936 2016) was a visionary conservationist, coachman, and accomplished painter. Like his friend and artistic mentor Andrew Wyeth, Weymouth worked chiefly in egg tempera and watercolour to create a highly personal panorama of the landscapes and people he knew in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, where he lived. Weymouth, a sixth-generation member of the du Pont family, was not only a skilful painter but also a seminal force in preserving tens of thousands of acres of picturesque scenery around the Brandywine River in Pennsylvania and Delaware. Weymouth also cofounded the Brandywine River Museum of Art, home to a distinguished collection of American art dating to the mid-nineteenth century and renowned for its holdings representing three generations of the Wyeth family of artists. Richly illustrated with Weymouth s paintings and sketches from throughout his career, this large-format volume also includes a chronology of the artist s fascinating life, illustrated with many personal and archival images.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
115 Colour and black and white Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 337 mm
Width: 255 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
1526 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8478-6243-6 (9780847862436)
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Persons
Annette Blaugrund is the former director of the National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts. Joseph J. Rishel is curator emeritus, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and a noted authority on the artist Paul Cezanne. Thomas Padon is the James H. Duff Director of the Brandywine River Museum of Art.