Wanda M. Corn
Autore di The Art of Andrew Wyeth
Sull'Autore
Wanda M. Corn is Professor of Art History at Stanford University.
Opere di Wanda M. Corn
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Corn, Wanda Marie
- Data di nascita
- 1940-11-30
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Palo Alto, California, USA
- Istruzione
- New York University (BA | 1963)
New York University (MA | 1965)
New York University (PhD | 1974) - Attività lavorative
- art and cultural historian
university professor
curator - Relazioni
- Corn, Joseph J. (spouse)
- Organizzazioni
- Stanford University
Mills College
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 10
- Utenti
- 675
- Popolarità
- #37,411
- Voto
- 4.5
- Recensioni
- 8
- ISBN
- 17
- Lingue
- 1
After reading the essays and extended extracts of Andrew's words about his art I've started questioning myself. Had I just taken a liking to his work because it was "realistic"; (like all the blades of grass showing in Christina's world) or was it the unusual angles and use of blank space? I'm certain that I had not read all the meaning into the works that Andrew tried to impart. But it's made me look for greater depth in his work and to look for things like the white shell representing death on a casket...or open doors inviting exploration. etc. There is not much there about technique. But I discovered that Andrew hated being watched while he painted and was rather secretive and solitary in his habits. (I recall that a rathe risque series of nudes emerged after he had died......and there was some speculation that his wife had not been aware of these). So, anyway, not much on technique except that he'd come upon tempera via his brother in law in the 1930's and seemed to have adopted it with relish. In this book and somewhere before I remember him saying that he's spent months working on the background for Christina's world and when he came to putting in a pink shade on Christina's shoulder, it nearly blew him across the room. I found that fascinating.
Where the book is good is the way it reveals Andrew as being out of step with the successful American artists of his time with their abstract expressionism. Yet he stuck to his guns and did his own thing and still managed to be successful. An interesting person, a great artist and a nice book about him. I give it four stars. (Now a little dated and the colour of the pictures seems a little drab.....then maybe that's the way they are!!).… (altro)