The Jamie Wyeth paintings at the Maine Wyeth Art Gallery that were destroyed were Snapper, With Green Peppers and Red Tail Hawk.
A fire has destroyed several waterfront buildings in the US state of Maine, including an art gallery with several paintings by Jamie Wyeth and an illustration by his grandfather NC Wyeth, the building’s owner said.
The original paintings and illustration, along with several signed prints, books and photographs, were lost when the fire started late on Wednesday and spread to several buildings including the Maine Wyeth Art Gallery, said Linda Bean, who owned both the art gallery and the Port Clyde General Store, which also burned down.
The Jamie Wyeth paintings that were destroyed were Snapper, With Green Peppers and Red Tail Hawk, and NC Wyeth’s illustration was from Henry David Thoreau’s book, Men Of Concord.Jamie Wyeth’s father, Andrew Wyeth, painted his 1948 masterpiece Christina’s World in nearby Cushing.The fire started in the Dip Net restaurant and quickly spread to three businesses in Port Clyde, a village that is part of the town of Saint George, the state fire marshal said.No-one was hurt.
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