Art lecturer Bob Potter will present a Zoom program sponsored by the Orange’s Case Memorial Library titled “Wondrous Strange – The Wyeths: N.C. Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth and Jamie Wyeth,” on Thursday, Feb. 6 at 7 p.m.
During his lecture, Potter uses several different formats that enliven his presentation of three generations of this renowned family: he shows reproductions of their paintings but also uses videos of the artists discussing their work in order to draw his audience closer into their process. In addition, he weaves personal accounts of their lives into his lecture.
Presenting in chronological order, Potter begins with N.C. Wyeth’s dynamic illustration for classic literary works such as Robert Lewis Stevenson’s Treasure Island and Kidnapped.
He next explores Wyeth’s son Andrew’s atmospheric paintings of the people and landscapes of the countryside of Pennsylvania and the seacoast of Maine, including the iconic Christina’s World.
Potter concludes with Andrew’s son, Jamie Wyeth, whose thought-provoking paintings capture “the wondrous strange” of both his father and grandfather’s works in his own personal vision and style of painting. By lecturing on all three artists, Potter gives a cohesive overview of this family.
Potter is a graduate of Syracuse University’s School of Visual and Performing Arts. His various careers include art director at Scholastic Magazines, marketing executive for Time Warner and National Geographic and corporate development officer for the National Gallery of Art. Currently, Potter often volunteers as a docent at the Yale Center for British Art.
The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Register at casememoriallibrary.org or call 203-891-2170. The program link will be sent the afternoon of Feb. 6.