2017 First-Class Forever Stamp,Andrew Wyeth Paintings: "Spring Fed"
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US #5212i
2017 “Spring Fed” – Paintings by Andrew Wyeth
• One of 12 stamps celebrating the 100th birth anniversary of Andrew Wyeth
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Set: Paintings by Andrew Wyeth
Value: 49¢ First Class Mail Rate (Forever)
First Day of Issue: July 12, 2017
First Day City: Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania
Quantity Issued: 25,200,000
Printed by: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd.
Printing Method: Offset
Format: Panes of 12
Tagging: Nonphosphored Type III, Block Tag
Why the stamp was issued: For the 100th birth anniversary of famed American artist Andrew Wyeth.
About the stamp design: Pictures the Andrew Wyeth painting “Spring Fed” (1967).
First Day City: The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, the location of Andrew Wyeth’s home and studio.
About the Paintings by Andrew Wyeth set: Includes 12 stamps issued for the 100th birth anniversary of Andrew Wyeth. Designs picture the Andrew Wyeth paintings “Wind from the Sea” (1947), “Big Room” (1988), “Christina’s World” (1948), “Alvaro and Christina” (1968), “Frostbitten” (1962), “Sailor’s Valentine” (1985), “Soaring” (1942-1950), “North Light” (1984), “Spring Fed” (1967), “The Carry” (2003), “Young Bull” (1960), and “My Studio” (1974). The selvage of the pane of 12 pictures a black-and-white photograph of Andrew Wyeth from the 1930s.
History the stamp represents: Peter Hurd was a painter who studied, along with Andrew and Henriette Wyeth, under N.C. Wyeth. He is responsible for introducing both Andrew and N.C. to egg tempera.
When Hurd was young, he attended New Mexico Military academy and West Point before realizing his true calling as a painter. He studied at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and then traveled to Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, where he became a student of famous American illustrator N.C. Wyeth.
Hurd researched egg tempera and developed a technique he shared with the Wyeths. Hurd’s egg tempera consisted of mixing egg yolk and water with raw pigment – he did not add oil like other tempera painters. Andrew like the permanent and sturdy quality of egg tempera over watercolor and used Hurd’s technique for many of his paintings, like Spring Fed.
In 1929, Hurd married N.C.’s oldest daughter, Henriette, and the two moved to a ranch in New Mexico. There, Hurd became a successful regional landscape artist whose work was published in Life. Impressed by his paintings, the magazine hired Hurd as a combat correspondent during World War II. He drew and painted hundreds of pieces during that time. Hurd’s successes earned him a place in art history next to Andrew Wyeth and his family.
US #5212i
2017 “Spring Fed” – Paintings by Andrew Wyeth
• One of 12 stamps celebrating the 100th birth anniversary of Andrew Wyeth
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Set: Paintings by Andrew Wyeth
Value: 49¢ First Class Mail Rate (Forever)
First Day of Issue: July 12, 2017
First Day City: Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania
Quantity Issued: 25,200,000
Printed by: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd.
Printing Method: Offset
Format: Panes of 12
Tagging: Nonphosphored Type III, Block Tag
Why the stamp was issued: For the 100th birth anniversary of famed American artist Andrew Wyeth.
About the stamp design: Pictures the Andrew Wyeth painting “Spring Fed” (1967).
First Day City: The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, the location of Andrew Wyeth’s home and studio.
About the Paintings by Andrew Wyeth set: Includes 12 stamps issued for the 100th birth anniversary of Andrew Wyeth. Designs picture the Andrew Wyeth paintings “Wind from the Sea” (1947), “Big Room” (1988), “Christina’s World” (1948), “Alvaro and Christina” (1968), “Frostbitten” (1962), “Sailor’s Valentine” (1985), “Soaring” (1942-1950), “North Light” (1984), “Spring Fed” (1967), “The Carry” (2003), “Young Bull” (1960), and “My Studio” (1974). The selvage of the pane of 12 pictures a black-and-white photograph of Andrew Wyeth from the 1930s.
History the stamp represents: Peter Hurd was a painter who studied, along with Andrew and Henriette Wyeth, under N.C. Wyeth. He is responsible for introducing both Andrew and N.C. to egg tempera.
When Hurd was young, he attended New Mexico Military academy and West Point before realizing his true calling as a painter. He studied at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and then traveled to Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, where he became a student of famous American illustrator N.C. Wyeth.
Hurd researched egg tempera and developed a technique he shared with the Wyeths. Hurd’s egg tempera consisted of mixing egg yolk and water with raw pigment – he did not add oil like other tempera painters. Andrew like the permanent and sturdy quality of egg tempera over watercolor and used Hurd’s technique for many of his paintings, like Spring Fed.
In 1929, Hurd married N.C.’s oldest daughter, Henriette, and the two moved to a ranch in New Mexico. There, Hurd became a successful regional landscape artist whose work was published in Life. Impressed by his paintings, the magazine hired Hurd as a combat correspondent during World War II. He drew and painted hundreds of pieces during that time. Hurd’s successes earned him a place in art history next to Andrew Wyeth and his family.