THE ACADEMY STUDY MUG: ANDREW WYETH

Description THE ACADEMY STUDY MUG: ANDREW WYETH The Academy Study is reproduced as a wraparound image on this ceramic mug.  The Academy Study watercolor was painted by Andrew Wyeth in 1974 and would be later revisited in 1987 as The Academy.  Wyeth first tackled the watercolor study in a tight application in an unusual, short format while the later work demands a full sheet and gets bravura brushwork in the foreground.  The two extremes suggest the range of expressive potential Wyeth found in these structures. Both The Academy and The Academy Study, on exhibition in Home Places: Andrew Wyeth in Chadds Ford from April into October of 2025 at the Farnsworth Art Museum are included in the Collection of the Wyeth Foundation for American Art.