N. C. Wyeth
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N.C. (Newell Convers) Wyeth (October 22, 1882 – October 19, 1945) was an American artist and illustrator.
Born in Needham, Massachusetts, he studied under Howard Pyle. His first published work appeared on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post in 1903.
In 1911 he painted a series of illustrations for an edition of the book, Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson. He also illustrated editions of The Yearling, The White Company, Robinson Crusoe, The Last of the Mohicans, Kidnapped (1937), and Robin Hood. During his lifetime, Wyeth illustrated over twenty-five books for Scribner's.
[edit] Other works
- Mowing, 1907
- Long John Silver and Hawkins, 1911
- The Fence Builders, 1915
- Dying Winter, 1934
- The Alchemist, 1938
- Deep Cover Lobsterman, 1939
- The War Letter, 1944
- Nightfall, 1945
[edit] Life
N.C. Wyeth is the father of Andrew Wyeth, Henriette Wyeth Hurd, Carolyn Wyeth, Ann Wyeth McCoy, and Nathaniel C. Wyeth. Andrew, Henriette, and Carolyn became artist as well. Ann became an artist and composer. Nathaniel became an engineer for DuPont and worked on the team that invented the plastic soda bottle. Henriette and Ann married two of N.C.'s proteges, Peter Hurd and John W. McCoy. N.C. Wyeth is the grandfather of artist Jamie Wyeth.
Significant public collections of Wyeth's work are on display at the Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania and the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine.
N.C. Wyeth died in an accident at a railway crossing along with his grandson (Nathaniel C. Wyeth's son) near his Chadds Ford home in 1945.
