2017 First-Class Forever Stamp,Andrew Wyeth Paintings: "Young Bull"
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2017 “Young Bull” – 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 “Young Bull” (1960).
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: One of Andrew Wyeth’s greatest sources of inspiration in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, was the Kuerner Farm. Owned and operated by Karl and Anna Kuerner, the 33-acre farm was featured in over 1,000 of Wyeth’s paintings and drawings.
Wyeth grew up down the road from the Kuerner Farm and first discovered it when he was taking a walk. He quickly befriended Karl and Anna and was eventually allowed to go wherever he pleased on their land. Aside from the landscape, Wyeth also painted the two farmers and, later, a woman who took care of Karl as he aged – Helga Testorf. The sessions with Helga were kept a secret until 1987, when all of the paintings were displayed at the National Gallery of Art (over 240 total).
When Karl Kuerner passed away, his son Karl Jr. took over operations of the farm. Karl Jr.’s son, Karl Kuerner III was an aspiring young artist at the time. He claims one of his earliest memories of the farm was of Andrew Wyeth painting Young Bull. Kuerner was later taught by Carolyn Wyeth (Andrew’s sister) and is considered an artist of the Brandywine tradition.
The main message Andrew passed on to Kuerner was, “Keep painting… life is art and your own original art is your own life’s history – and you constantly have a chance to enlighten or disturb.”
US #5212k
2017 “Young Bull” – 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 “Young Bull” (1960).
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: One of Andrew Wyeth’s greatest sources of inspiration in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, was the Kuerner Farm. Owned and operated by Karl and Anna Kuerner, the 33-acre farm was featured in over 1,000 of Wyeth’s paintings and drawings.
Wyeth grew up down the road from the Kuerner Farm and first discovered it when he was taking a walk. He quickly befriended Karl and Anna and was eventually allowed to go wherever he pleased on their land. Aside from the landscape, Wyeth also painted the two farmers and, later, a woman who took care of Karl as he aged – Helga Testorf. The sessions with Helga were kept a secret until 1987, when all of the paintings were displayed at the National Gallery of Art (over 240 total).
When Karl Kuerner passed away, his son Karl Jr. took over operations of the farm. Karl Jr.’s son, Karl Kuerner III was an aspiring young artist at the time. He claims one of his earliest memories of the farm was of Andrew Wyeth painting Young Bull. Kuerner was later taught by Carolyn Wyeth (Andrew’s sister) and is considered an artist of the Brandywine tradition.
The main message Andrew passed on to Kuerner was, “Keep painting… life is art and your own original art is your own life’s history – and you constantly have a chance to enlighten or disturb.”