Born in 1946, James Browning Wyeth came of age when the meaning of patriotism was clouded by the traumas of the Vietnam War and the scandals of Watergate. Working in an era of turmoil and questioning... Read full biography
Born in 1946, James Browning Wyeth came of age when the meaning of patriotism was clouded by the traumas of the Vietnam War and the scandals of Watergate. Working in an era of turmoil and questioning of governmental authority, he did art that encompassed both marching off to war and marching in... Read full biography
Born in 1946, James Browning Wyeth came of age when the meaning of patriotism was clouded by the traumas of the Vietnam War and the scandals of Watergate. Working in an era of turmoil and questioning of governmental authority, he did art that encompassed both marching off to war and marching in protest. One of James's early masterworks, Draft Age (1965) depicts a childhood friend as a defiant Vietnam-era teenager resplendent in dark sunglasses and black leather jacket in a suitably insouciant... Read full biography
Born in 1946, James Browning Wyeth came of age when the meaning of patriotism was clouded by the traumas of the Vietnam War and the scandals of Watergate. Working in an era of turmoil and questioning of governmental authority, he did art that encompassed both marching off to war and marching in protest. One of James's early masterworks, Draft Age (1965) depicts a childhood friend as a defiant Vietnam-era teenager resplendent in dark sunglasses and black leather jacket in a suitably insouciant pose. Two years later Wyeth painstakingly composed a haunting, posthumous Portrait of President John F. Kennedy (1967) that seems to catch the martyred Chief Executive in a moment of agonized indecision. As Wyeth Center curator Lauren Raye Smith... Read full biography
Born in 1946, James Browning Wyeth came of age when the meaning of patriotism was clouded by the traumas of the Vietnam War and the scandals of Watergate. Working in an era of turmoil and questioning of governmental authority, he did art that encompassed both marching off to war and marching in protest. One of James's early masterworks, Draft Age (1965) depicts a childhood friend as a defiant Vietnam-era teenager resplendent in dark sunglasses and black leather jacket in a suitably insouciant pose. Two years later Wyeth painstakingly composed a haunting, posthumous Portrait of President John F. Kennedy (1967) that seems to catch the martyred Chief Executive in a moment of agonized indecision. As Wyeth Center curator Lauren Raye Smith points out, Wyeth "did not deify the slain president, [but] on the contrary made him seem almost too human." . Bas... Read full biography
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About Jamie Wyeth: Books
Books & Publications (41)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The American West Reimagined: Gems from the Coeur d'Alene Art Auction
2021
Peterson, Dr. Larry Len
528 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
Vose Art Notes: A Guide for Collectors Circles of Influence, A Timeline
2004
Vose, Marcia (editor)
38 pages (color)
On Island: A Century of Continuity and Change
2000
McAvoy, Suzette Lane
58 pages (color)
One Nation: Portraits and Pirates
2000
Smith, Brokaw, Michaelis
110 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
American Dreams: Paintings and Decorative Arts from Warner Collection (Exhibition catalog)
1998
Curry, David; Elizabeth O'Leary
78 pages (color)
Nasa & The Exploration of Space: With Works from the Nasa Art Collection
1998
Launius, Roger D
224 pages (color)
The Wondrous Strange: The Wyeth Tradition
1998
Wyeth, N C; David Michaelis, etc
0 pages (color)
Andrew Wyeth: A Secret Life
1996
Meryman, Richard
447 pages (color)
Monhegan: The Artists' Island
1995
Curtis, Jane and Will, Frank Lieberman, Carl Little (Foreward)
192 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
Master Index 1971-1993 Artists in Southwest Art
1993
Southwest Art
64 pages
Artists of America Tenth Annual (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Denver Rotary Club
160 pages (color)
Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987
Cummings, Paul
653 pages
An American Vision Three Generations of Wyeth Art (Exhibition catalog)
1987
Duff, James H
209 pages (color)
A Proud Heritage Two Centuries of American Art
1987
Neff, Terry (editor)
300 pages (color)
Man of the Year A Time Honored Tradition
1987
Voss, Frank S
64 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Colorado Springs Fine Art Center A History and Selections from the Collection
1986
Piazza, Paul/Marshall Sprague
210 pages (color)
American Artists: An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporary Americans
1985
Krantz, Les
347 pages (color)
National Portrait Gallery Collection Illustrated Checklist
1985
Smithsonian Institution
461 pages
The Drawing of America Eyewitnesses to History
1983
Davidson, Marshall
256 pages (color)
Howard Pyle and the Wyeths Four Generations of American Imagination (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Hyland, Douglas/Howard Brokaw
104 pages (color)
Prints A Collector's Guide
1983
Kaplan, Ellen
253 pages
Artists by Themselves Artist's Portrait's from the National Academy of Design (Exhibition catalog)
1983
National Academy of Design
175 pages (color)
Artists of America Second Annual (Exhibition catalog)
1982
Denver Rotary Club
143 pages (color)
Artists of America First Annual Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Denver Rotary Club
141 pages (color)
Contemporary American Realism Since 1960 (Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts)
1981
Goodyear, Frank H, Jr.
255 pages (color)
Jamie Wyeth
1980
Wyeth, Jamie
144 pages (color)
A Gallery of Presidents
1979
Pachter, Marc
95 pages
James Wyeth Recent Paintings (Exhibition catalog)
1974
Coe Kerr Gallery
20 pages
American Self Portraits 1670-1973 (Exhibition catalog)
1974
Van Devanter, Ann, et al
245 pages (color)
The Vincent Price Treasury of American Art
1972
Price, Vincent
320 pages (color)
The Brandywine Heritage: Howard Pyle, N.C. Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth, James Wyeth (Exhibition catalog)
1971
McLanathan, Richard (Introduction)
121 pages (color)
The Brandywine Tradition
1968
Pitz, Henry C
252 pages (color)
Loan Exhibition of Paintings By the Wyeth Family (Exhibition catalog)