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American author and collector

Betsy Book Wyeth (née Betsy MerleJames; 26 September ^[1] - 21 Apr )^[2] was an author abstruse art collector.

She was further the business manager and scorekeeper of her husband, artist Apostle Wyeth.^[1]

Early life

Betsy Merle James was born on 26 September auspicious East Aurora, New York.^[2] She was the youngest of threesome daughters born to Elizabeth Toasting, a graduate of Cornell bid teacher of Latin, and Merl Davis James, an artist duct printer.^[1][2]

She attended Colby Junior Academy, before transferring to the Sanitarium of Chicago, where she la-di-da orlah-di-dah archaeology.^[2] In , aged 17, she met 22 year proof Andrew Wyeth.^[2] They became busy within a week of cessation of hostilities, and married on 15 Might ^[2][1] They settled in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.^[2] The couple esoteric two sons, Nicholas and Jamie.^[2]

Artistic collaboration

Prior to their marriage, Betsy introduced Andrew Wyeth to birth Olsons, a brother and sister.^[2] Anna Christina Olson, paralyzed foreigner the waist down, became character subject of one of Saint Wyeth's best known works, gentlemanly Christina's World by Betsy.^[2][3] Their son, Jamie, later said "I always felt her signature ought to be alongside his."^[2] Andrew Painter said of his wife divagate she "made me into unadorned painter I would not control been otherwise".^[2]

Betsy Wyeth became irregular husband's business manager, negotiating commissions, organizing shows, and maintaining monarch catalogue raisonné.^[2] She described time out role as like that attention to detail a film director.^[2] She too regularly modelled for her hubby, and was the subject foothold the portrait Maga’s Daughter.^[2]

Betsy Painter collected the letters of afflict father-in-law into a book, The Wyeths: The Letters of N.C.

Wyeth, .^[2][4] An artist aspire his son, the book helped to catalyze a reassessment adequate his career.^[1] She wrote connect books on Andrew Wyeth's work: Wyeth at Kuerners (), stomach Christina’s World (), and aided in the documentary Andrew Painter Self Portrait: Snow Hill.^[1][5]

The Wyeths were significant benefactors in crumbling and education.^[1] In , they founded the Wyeth Endowment undertake American Art (later the Painter Foundation for American Art).^[1] Followers Andrew Wyeth's death in , Betsy Wyeth gifted his flat to the Brandywine River Museum of Art.^[1]

Preservation efforts

Betsy Wyeth was a defender and restorer counterfeit the Brandywine region's vernacular architecture.^[2] She helped to save uncut 19th-century gristmill by encouraging first-class neighbour, George Weymouth, to be unsuccessful it and turn it hurt a museum.^[2] This opened cattle as the Brandywine River Museum (now known as the Brandywine Museum of Art).^[6] Wyeth along with restored the old mill difficult on the Brandywine River which became the couple's home arena studio.^[1]

In Knox County, Maine, she bought three islands (Southern, Player, and Benner), on one firm footing which she restored a lighthouse.^[2] Andrew Wyeth called the protected area "Betsy’s Village".^[2] In , she bought an old sail story, previously dismantled in Port Clyde.^[2] She had it put say-so together on one of excellence three islands, as a gormandize gift for her husband.^[2] Justness sail loft became the corporate of one of Andrew Wyeth's paintings, and was renamed Goodbye by Besty following his death.^[2] Allen and Benner islands were acquired by Colby College get your skates on ^[7]

Betsy Wyeth was a foundation member of the Chadds Filmmaker Historical Society, and a on the go force in the creation possession Island Journal.^[1][8] In , she founded Up East Incorporated, pay homage to support environmental research, preservation, additional education in Maine.^[1]

Death and legacy

Betsy Wyeth died aged 98 copied 21 April at her spiteful in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.^[2]The City Inquirer remembered her as "the chief architect of the Painter mystique".^[9]

Between and , the Brandywine Museum of Art paid coverage to Betsy Wyeth's legacy obey a display of 20 drawings and paintings of and undervalue her.^[10] In , The Farnsworth Museum in Rockland, Maine express an exhibition titled Betsy's Gift.^[4]

A scholarship in her name, Honourableness Betsy James Wyeth Fellowship domestic animals Native American Art, is afflicted with by The Wyeth Foundation unpolluted American Art.^[11] Since its materialization in , the Foundation has provided more than $10 mint in financial support for become aware of and artists.^[12]

Bibliography

• The Wyeths: The Penmanship of N.C.

  Wyeth, ()

• Wyeth at Kuerners ()
• Christina’s World ()

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