Betsy Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth’s Widow and Collaborator, Dies at 98

The New York Times ^ | April 26, 2020 | by Penelope Green

[BatGuano]

Can’t argue with your statement.
RIP Andrew and Betsy!

[Osage Orange]

Yes...he was.

[Osage Orange]

Reminds me....of a Hitchcock film.

[Ouchthatonehurt]

Tempera provides incredible control and detail. If you use vinegar in the tempera and have a good rabbit skin gesso base - the painting will hold color and last ages.
Wyeth was the master -both as poet and craftsman.

[lee martell]

I learned something new tonight. I never heard of rabbit skin based Gesso. I suppose that means it holds a certain amount of oil in it. Interesting. I recall using Gesso years back.
The kind I used was a brilliant snowy white pigment.

[Dr. Sivana]

[Ouchthatonehurt]

https://www.artistsnetwork.com/art-techniques/homemade-gesso-recipe-for-a-true-gesso-panel/

[lee martell]

Thanks for these helpful tips.
If I feel that my creative ‘batteries’ are all charged up, I may put some info here to use.

[mairdie]

Incredible artist. End of yet another era.

[MarvinStinson]

Thomas Eakins--Baby at Play, 1876

[montag813]

Fixed...

Above: MAGA's Daughter

[nuconvert]

Didn’t know she was still alive

[SueRae]

Here is a lovely tribute to her, done by her granddaughter. I was at the museum in early March. Truly beautiful.

https://www.facebook.com/brandywinerivermuseum/videos/226225265297308/

[SueRae]

Her granddaughter did a wonderful tribute. I hope you can view this.

https://www.facebook.com/brandywinerivermuseum/videos/226225265297308/

[mewzilla]

That one I’d buy!

[Albion Wilde]

Crystal Bridges Art Gallery in Bentonville, AR, has his painting “Airborne” which has a surreal quality.

Gorgeous.

[Albion Wilde]

Delaware county had always been in Republican hands until the last election-apparently all the newbies moving in are leftards.

Even for well-to-do hipsters, Philly has become unliveable. Decades of Democrat rule, during which the Dem Party has moved to the left of the old USSR.

[Albion Wilde]

Andrew Wyeth had something in common with the average portrait artists of the middle ages. He often used Egg Tempera paints... Egg Yolk was also used in another well known piece. Take my word for it, you have seen this one in some manner. “The Birth of Venus” by Sandro Botticelli! ... 1480.

Yes, one of the most-memed paintings ever. It's a shame, because the original is surpassingly beautiful.

“The Birth of Venus” by Sandro Botticelli

[Albion Wilde]

Here is another much-noted portrait of Christina:

[Albion Wilde]

Nobody here from the first few posts...said anything..about his and her life. I'm not shocked...really. Just kinda sad.... I've been here on FR for many years now...

I hear you. It was past my bedtime when I first posted this story. Hope this helps:

Betsy and Andrew Wyeth on Benner Island, Maine, 2006

Remembering My Friend Andrew Wyeth on
His 100th Birthday
by Bo Bartlett

How Andrew Wyeth’s Cast Bronze Hands Inspired a Morbid Self-Portrait
by Allison Meier

May 1985: Andrew Wyeth and his wife Betsy with his paintings
"The Patriot," left, and "Maga's Daughter."