Anna Brelsford McCoy
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Anna Brelsford McCoy is an American
artist
. While she is clearly of the Brandywine School
of art, she has developed her own distinctive style.
, 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. 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.
She lives in Chads Ford, Pennsylvania and paints the Brandwine Valley. She spends summers in Rockland, Maine.
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artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
. While she is clearly of the Brandywine School
Brandywine School
The Brandywine School was a style of illustration and an artists colony in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, near Brandywine Creek, founded by artist Howard Pyle at the end of the 19th century...
of art, she has developed her own distinctive style.
Links to the Brandywine School
Anne’s mother was Ann Wyeth McCoy, youngest daughter of illustrator, N. C. WyethN. C. Wyeth
Newell Convers Wyeth , known as N.C. Wyeth, was an American artist and illustrator. He was the pupil of artist Howard Pyle and became one of America's greatest illustrators...
, 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. She began studying art with her aunt, Carolyn Wyeth
Carolyn Wyeth
Carolyn Wyeth Carolyn Wyeth, daughter of N.C. Wyeth and sister of Andrew Wyeth, was a well-known artist in her own right. Her hometown was Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. She worked and taught out of N. C. Wyeth House and Studio. Her nephew, Jamie Wyeth was one of her students.-Childhood:Carolyn...
at the age of fourteen. She also studied with Charles Vinson. Her uncle Andrew Wyeth
Andrew Wyeth
Andrew Newell Wyeth was a visual artist, primarily a realist painter, working predominantly in a regionalist style. He was one of the best-known U.S. artists of the middle 20th century....
and his son and her cousin, Jamie
Jamie Wyeth
James Browning Wyeth is a contemporary American realist painter. He was raised in Chadds Ford Township, Pennsylvania, son of Andrew Wyeth and grandson of N.C. Wyeth...
, 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
John W. McCoy
John W. McCoy was an American artist who painted landscapes, portraits, and still lifes. He was married to Ann Wyeth, daughter of N.C. Wyeth and sister of Andrew Wyeth, all artists....
, American Painter.
She lives in Chads Ford, Pennsylvania and paints the Brandwine Valley. She spends summers in Rockland, Maine.