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Book SynopsisFew artists have ever been so belovedor so controversial among art criticsas Andrew Wyeth.The groundbreaking bookArtists of Wyeth Countrypresents an unauthorized and unbiased biographical portrait of Wyeth, based on interviews with family, friends, neighborseven actress Eva Marie Saint. Journalist W. Barksdale Maynard shines new light on the reclusive artist, emphasizing Wyeth's artistic debt to Howard Pyle as well as his surprising interest in surrealism.The book is filled with brand-new information and fresh interpretations. Artists of Wyeth Countryalsocomprisesthe first-ever guidebook to the artistic world of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, center of the Brandywine Tradition begun by Howard Pyle.Six in-depth tours for walking or driving allow the reader to stand exactly where N. C. and Andrew Wyeth stood, as has never been fully possible before. As Maynard explains, Andrew Wyeth's artistic process was influenced by Henry David Thoreau's nature-worship and by his habit of walking d
