Frozen Lives: Karl and Anna Kuerner, Andrew Wyeth's Iconic Couple
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (641 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0764354159 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 144 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-15 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
LuLynne Streeter is an award-winning author, poet, and journalist. She has traveled extensively throughout the United States and Mexico and currently lives and writes in Galveston, Texas.
To their children, Karl and Anna were "ordinary" people. Anna had her own battles, sometimes wandering the farm muttering to herself in German, between periods in the insane asylum. Karl Kuerner, hardened by poverty and his service in the German Army during World War I, faced demons of anger and frustration. Even as a young boy growing up in Pennsylvania's rural Brandywine Valley, he was fascinated by his intriguing neighbors, and they would be a major source of Wyeth's inspiration for more than seventy years. To the rest of the world they were the extraordinary faces immortalized by Andrew Wyeth. Their story shows they were also far more complicated. Reflecting unprecedented access granted to the author by the Kuerner family, this compellingly readable book sheds light on the complex impacts the Kuerners had on Andrew Wyeth. Included are family photos as well as color images of some of the major Wyeth paintings that the Kuerners and their farmscape inspired.
About the Author LuLynne Streeter is an award-winning author, poet, and journalist. She has traveled extensively throughout the United States and Mexico and currently lives and writes in Galveston, Texas.