Frozen Lives: Karl and Anna Kuerner, Andrew Wyeth's Iconic Couple (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780764354151)

To their children, Karl and Anna were "ordinary" people. 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. 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. Karl Kuerner, hardened by poverty and his service in the German Army during World War I, faced demons of anger and frustration. Anna had her own battles, sometimes wandering the farm muttering to herself in German, between periods in the insane asylum. Included are family photos as well as color images of some of the major Wyeth paintings that the Kuerners and their farmscape inspired.

Author: Lulynne Streeter
ISBN-10: 0764354159
ISBN-13: 9780764354151
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Language: English
Published: 10/28/2017
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.70d