Evening at Kuerners, Andrew Wyeth, drybrush watercolor, 25 x 40 in. ( 65 x 101 cm). Link is to a page on Artistic Junkie, large image here.
This is one of my favorites of Andrew Wyeth’s drybrush watercolors, which is saying something, given how much I love those paintings.
This is Kuerner Farm, where Wyeth, who lived just over the hill from the farm, would spend much of his time and paint some of his most iconic works.
I’ve had the pleasure of both seeing this painting in person and painting at this location on one of the opportunites offered by the Brandywine Conservancy and Museum of Art, which now maintains the property.
The moody twilight landscape is a rich tapestry of drybrush texture. The close values and dark tones are offest by the lighted windows in the front room of the house, said to represent the “filckering soul” of Karl Kuerner Jr., who was aiing at the time.
This is also around the time Wyeth first met Helga Testorf, who was caring for the ailing Karl Jr.. She would become Wyeth’s model for a noted series of portraits, drawings and figure paintings that spanned 15 years.