N. C. Wyeth: A Biography
His name summons up our earliest images of the beloved books we read as children. His illustrations for Scribner's Illustrated Classics (Treasure Island, Kidnapped, The Last of the Mohicans, The Yearling) are etched into the collective memory of generations of readers. He was hailed as the greatest American illustrator of his day. For forty-three years, starting in 1902, N.C. Wyeth painted landscapes, still lifes, portraits, and murals, as well as illustrations for a long shelf of world...
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His name summons up our earliest images of the beloved books we read as children. His illustrations for Scribner's Illustrated Classics (Treasure Island, Kidnapped, The Last of the Mohicans, The Yearling) are etched into the collective memory of generations of readers. He was hailed as the greatest American illustrator of his day. For forty-three years, starting in 1902, N.C. Wyeth painted landscapes, still lifes, portraits, and murals, as well as illustrations for a long shelf of world literature. Yet despite worldwide acclaim, he judged himself a failure, believing that illustration was of no importance.David Michaelis tells the story of Wyeth's family through four generations — a saga that begins and ends with tragedy — and brings to life the huge-spirited, deeply complicated man, and an America that was quickly vanishing.
Part 1Needham, 1866-1903Black and White3Rudolph10Two Bloods16Practical Pictures34October 1942Missing Sons50Likeness67Part 2Wilmington, 1904-1910The Ideal87An Old Weakness109Shoot-Out117Siege132Unhorsing the Master145Secret of the Grave154Moods170Part 3Chadds Ford/Needham, 1911-1929Treasure195Alan Breck213The Skies of Chadds Ford230Teutonic249Death by Misadventure261Rip284Shoemaker's Children304Part 4Pa, 1930-1945Colony321Oil and Water336Egg Tempera348Left Out357Two-Headed377Delaware Avenue Girl393An Open Secret403After N.C.421Genealogy of the Wyeths432Acknowledgments435Notes441Bibliography515Illustration Credits535Index543
