Anna Brelsford McCoy
| Anna Brelsford McCoy Better known as Anna B. to her friends | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1940 United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Education |
Tower Hill School in Wilmington, Delaware Bennett College in Millbrook, New York Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Occupation | Artist |
| Spouse(s) |
George Alexis Weymouth Divorced in 1979 after 18 years |
| Children | Mac (adopted) |
| Parent(s) |
John W. McCoy and Ann Wyeth |
Anna Brelsford McCoy is an American artist. While she is clearly of the Brandywine School of art, she has developed her own distinctive style.[1]
Links to the Brandywine School
Anne’s mother was Ann Wyeth McCoy, youngest daughter of illustrator, N. C. Wyeth, and closely tied to Brandywine School approach to art. Her father was John W. McCoy, a student of N. C. Wyeth and son of a vice president of the DuPont Company.[2] She began studying art with her aunt, Carolyn Wyeth at the age of fourteen. She also studied with Charles Vinson. Her uncle Andrew Wyeth and his son and her cousin, Jamie, loomed large in the School. She married Frolic Weymouth, a student of and very close friend to Andrew Wyeth.
Anna B is author of the book, John W. McCoy, American Painter.[3]
She lives in Chads Ford, Pennsylvania and paints the Brandwine Valley. She spends summers in Rockland, Maine.
References
- ↑ http://www.wyethhurd.com/family.html
- ↑ http://www.bell-rehwoldt.com/samples/O&A%20-%20Anna%20B.%20McCoy.html
- ↑ “John W. McCoy: American Painter” by Anna B. McCoy, Hardcover, 85 pp., Down East Books: Camden, Maine, 2001.