tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post5182662796313155427..comments2024-03-14T04:01:02.005-04:00Comments on THE DOWNEAST DILETTANTE: Rooms in Maine: The WyethsThe Down East Dilettantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-86247497985725393902010-02-17T21:18:21.993-05:002010-02-17T21:18:21.993-05:00Home Before...what was the guy's name? Seever...Home Before...what was the guy's name? Seevers, I think? I rather admired the way he created his dusty atmosphere with whatever was at hand---a stage set, as you say. But live in it? nooooooo<br /><br />Dandy, have always loved that quote...but of course, I love monochromatic vervoodt style too....LOL, sometimes I worry I love everything....every era, every color, every style<br /><br />Linda, I think 'strange' is the operative word...and commercial. <br /><br />Turner, I actually do like Her Room, and consider Christina's world worthy of all the controversey it causes in the art world. There's early Andrew W., and there's crowd pleasing, faux mystical Andrew W., and I say it's spinach.The Down East Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-17903814359251651152010-02-17T10:29:34.957-05:002010-02-17T10:29:34.957-05:00oh dilletante - how can you not love "Her Roo...oh dilletante - how can you not love "Her Room" or "Christina's World" - a little surrealistic perhaps or "Mayflowers". true - strange colors just like this room and the wainscotting - isn't that a little much. i love BLUE's comment -succinct and to the point.<br /> i need to go and look at tiffany interiors now to shake the bad taste of shaker interiors - they didn't have sex either. your relative would love the shaker chair i have thats been rebuilt so many times i don't think it has an original piece in it. whew - give me eclecticism or give me death.Turner Pack Ratshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611044946684881118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-45718474535429718402010-02-16T23:23:48.799-05:002010-02-16T23:23:48.799-05:00I think you are interpreting Wyeth's paintings...I think you are interpreting Wyeth's paintings based on their appearance versus Wyeth's inner workings. The whole family (all three generations) is "wondrous strange." There is nothing romantic about them — especially if you've read their biographies: "N. C. Wyeth" by David Michaelis and "Andrew Wyeth: A Secret Life" by Richard Meryman.LINDA from EACH LITTLE WORLDhttp://eachlittleworld.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-16823824515311574482010-02-16T11:21:31.357-05:002010-02-16T11:21:31.357-05:00But it does have the color scheme that is all the ...But it does have the color scheme that is all the rage in interior design this year-very Belgian, the bare bones of a Vervoodt interior.<br />For myself, I believe as Le Corbusier, "Color will come to your rescue".Dandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02048326517764291061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-44911553037996813512010-02-16T10:05:11.079-05:002010-02-16T10:05:11.079-05:00Loved the phrase "a romanticized version of a...Loved the phrase "a romanticized version of a past that never was." Rather like the home of that English eccentric who created a home that was looked/lived like a set of a Dickens novel. What ever floats your boat as long as I don't have to float on it, too.home before darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13272062955786414729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-48258271493082957232010-02-16T09:20:08.882-05:002010-02-16T09:20:08.882-05:00A Sad , Empty, Lonely Room.
I couldn't get exc...A Sad , Empty, Lonely Room.<br />I couldn't get excited <br />to paint that.La Petite Galleryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09553902574516930172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-27843809894991225502010-02-16T09:15:51.499-05:002010-02-16T09:15:51.499-05:00Anonymous, LOL!Anonymous, LOL!The Down East Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-53388142739991763452010-02-16T09:10:53.757-05:002010-02-16T09:10:53.757-05:00Yes to the tallow tapers...
Privy, not exactly, b...Yes to the tallow tapers...<br /><br />Privy, not exactly, but the fittings of the bathroom are self consciously primitive, down to an 18th century candlefixture holding the potty paper. I'm sure you'd love it....The Down East Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-45190176524463492792010-02-16T08:57:08.318-05:002010-02-16T08:57:08.318-05:00Does your acquaintance also have a privy in the ba...Does your acquaintance also have a privy in the back yard and tallow tapers in her candlesticks?Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-35017156644984230642010-02-16T08:55:13.993-05:002010-02-16T08:55:13.993-05:00Oh those crazy madcap Wyeths, what will they think...Oh those crazy madcap Wyeths, what will they think of next?!<br /><br />A very beautiful room, thank you for posting it. I could see someone like Thomas Obrien making it into something glorious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-6299800438811823722010-02-16T07:12:55.009-05:002010-02-16T07:12:55.009-05:00Oh Blue, perfectly said. I wish I'd thought o...Oh Blue, perfectly said. I wish I'd thought of it first! I have an acquaintance who cringes, tears up, shakes even, at the very notion of upholstery that isn't made from dirty 16th century bed linen, or at the idea of a chair that isn't beaten and battered, or of lighting her rooms with anything but bent iron candleholders....The Down East Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-3165132207026995812010-02-16T06:55:45.431-05:002010-02-16T06:55:45.431-05:00Ah, yes, the moral purity of poverty as aesthetics...Ah, yes, the moral purity of poverty as aesthetics. Never understood its attraction other than as a marketing ploy.Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.com