Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Sitter:
John Teel
John Teel, Port Clyde
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: ca. 1934
Dimensions:
48 × 43 3/16 in. (121.9 × 109.7 cm)
Brandywine Museum of Art, Bequest of Carolyn Wyeth, 1996
Accession number: 96.1.50
Label Copy:
In the late 1920s and early 1930s, Wyeth explored many of the conventions found in the work of the Midwestern scene painters like Thomas Hart Benton, John Stuart Curry and Grant Wood. In this work, he adopted a palette of pinks, acid greens and sharp yellows, exaggerated the roll of clouds and hills, and skewed the perspective to create a "modern" look for a scene far from modern.
Numerous members of the Teel family lived in Port Clyde and served as models for N. C. Wyeth. Fisherman John Teel appears in several other paintings by the artist.
In the late 1920s and early 1930s, Wyeth explored many of the conventions found in the work of the Midwestern scene painters like Thomas Hart Benton, John Stuart Curry and Grant Wood. In this work, he adopted a palette of pinks, acid greens and sharp yellows, exaggerated the roll of clouds and hills, and skewed the perspective to create a "modern" look for a scene far from modern.
Numerous members of the Teel family lived in Port Clyde and served as models for N. C. Wyeth. Fisherman John Teel appears in several other paintings by the artist.
Research Number: NCW: 954
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth; Carolyn Wyeth;
Exhibition HistoryChadds Ford, PA, 1995, no. 23, illustration in b/w p. 50; Chadds Ford, PA, 2003; Chadds Ford, PA, Rural Modern, American Art Beyond the City, Oct. 29, 2016-Jan. 22, 2017, plate 59
References
Richard Layton, "Inventory of Paintings in the Wyeth Studio, 1950," unpublished, Wyeth Family Archives, p. 85; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, Catalogue Raisonne of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), P.47, p. 822; Amanda C. Burdan, "Off the Beaten Path: Aspects of Rural Modernism" in Rural Modern, American Art Beyond the City (NY: Rizzoli, 2016), plate 59;
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:photography directly from painting
On view