Artist:
Jamie Wyeth
(American, b. 1946)
Sitter:
Deo du Pont Weymouth
Deo du Pont Weymouth
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: ca. 1966
Dimensions:
32 × 42 in. (81.3 × 106.7 cm)
Accession number: 2017.6.9
Copyright: © Jamie Wyeth / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Label Copy:
The elegant sitter in this portrait by Jamie Wyeth is Dulcinea Ophelia Payne du Pont Weymouth, better known as Deo. Born in 1909 into the prominent du Pont family of Wilmington, Delaware, she led a life of racing and breeding horses and quiet philanthropy, including major support to the Brandywine River Museum of Art. She was an artist herself, as was her son George A. Weymouth, one of the founders of the museum. In his dramatically lit portrait of her, Wyeth emphasizes her arched brow and engaging gaze as she perches in an unusually asymmetrical chair.
The elegant sitter in this portrait by Jamie Wyeth is Dulcinea Ophelia Payne du Pont Weymouth, better known as Deo. Born in 1909 into the prominent du Pont family of Wilmington, Delaware, she led a life of racing and breeding horses and quiet philanthropy, including major support to the Brandywine River Museum of Art. She was an artist herself, as was her son George A. Weymouth, one of the founders of the museum. In his dramatically lit portrait of her, Wyeth emphasizes her arched brow and engaging gaze as she perches in an unusually asymmetrical chair.
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