Lecture: Wyeth Foundation: Cultivating Wonder: Holiday Traditions and the Wyeth Legacy
Wednesday | December 13 | 6:30-7:30 PM
The diverse talents of the Wyeth dynasty span more than a century of creativity and a wide array of subjects, styles, and settings. Despite this, there are some important threads that unite their work, one of which is particularly apt to consider at this time of year: the particular emphasis on the magic and mystery of the end-of-year holidays. Taking their example from the charismatic and sometimes terrifying figure of patriarch N.C. Wyeth, Halloween and Christmas crystallized a distinctive culture of wonder that lasted all the year round as a fundamental component of a home environment uniquely suited to making original minds for art, music, and industry. This lecture will share artworks and anecdotes connecting to the Wyeths’ imaginative practices around the holidays and explore how these traditions contributed to an abiding capacity for wonderment that was fundamental to their success.
William L. Coleman, PhD is Wyeth Foundation Curator and Director of the Andrew & Betsy Wyeth Study Center at the Brandywine Museum of Art, with additional oversight of Wyeth Foundation collections and exhibitions at the Farnsworth Art Museum in Maine.
Pricing:
$20 for Non-members / $10 for Members
Pictured: Andrew Wyeth, Christmas Card, 1950. 5 ¼ x 8 1/8 in. Collection of the Wyeth Foundation For American Art © Wyeth Foundation for American Art/ Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York