Dogs Front and Center in the Brandywine Valley
Brandywine River Museum’s “Dog Days of Summer” Exhibit
WILMINGTON, DE, June 13, 2007. The Brandywine Valley, where Pennsylvania and Delaware meet just thirty miles southwest of Philadelphia, is home to the Brandywine River Museum. Artwork from three generations of Wyeths is featured in this beautifully restored mill. This summer, the museum presents Dog Days of Summer: Works by Jamie Wyeth.
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The Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania presents "Dog Days of Summer: Works by Jamie Wyeth" (through September 3, 2007). Dogs are touted as man's best friend and wonderful companions. For artist Jamie Wyeth, they have also been exciting models. When young, he repeatedly depicted the family dog, Eloise, recording her in many ways. He says, "I did endless drawings of her, lots of them, from a puppy on up. That was my first real involvement with a dog." His interest in dogs has been continuous from that time.
The exhibit contains 61 paintings and drawings of dogs by Wyeth. The artist says, "...my interest in dogs, using them in paintings, is just that they are easy models. They are around me." This availability and familiarity allows Wyeth to create images with the same intensity, depth of personality, and meticulous detail that define his portraits of people.
Created over the past four decades, the paintings and drawings reveal evolutionary changes in Wyeth's technique. In recent years he has shifted away from using only brushes, often preferring to use his fingers, sticks, or pieces of cloth. Wyeth says, "The thing I call 'combined mediums' is faster, and working with an animal you want to work pretty rapidly."
The works, primarily from private collections display Jamie Wyeth's fascination with dogs, and also offer-through preliminary studies, final images, and thematic variations-the opportunity to see how a painting develops. An illustrated exhibition catalogue offers the artist's personal comments and stories regarding his dog paintings.
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