Wyeth was living a double life at the time this painting was made-painting a woman, Helga Testorf, in secret. Is this guard dog asleep on the job? Wyeth’s dog, Nell Gwyn, sleeps on a bag: does the bag contain a secret? Does the dog guard the secret? Betsy imagined Andrew would move his studio into the mill house she renovated for them, but he refused. We hope these dogs found better homes and treatment too. We never promised cute-overload here, but the good news is that eventually Betsy Wyeth purchased the historic mill property and restored it as a new home for the Wyeths. These poor pups! The occupant of this decrepit mill kept starving coon dogs tied up outside the old granary. Is this an idyllic domestic dog scene or a metaphor for the murder of Julius Caesar? Why not both? The title helps us see, perhaps, the detailed antique iron fireplace implements as spears and an emperor’s crown, its wearer dead and gone, his pyre or tomb protected by a loyal dog.
Ides of March, above, shows Wyeth’s dog lying in front of the cooking fireplace in the Wyeth’s old home. So how did Wyeth’s love for his four-legged friends influence his artwork?
Visit Andrew Wyeth: In Retrospect and keep your eye out in the galleries for K-9 companions, Rattler, Nell Gwyn, or neighborhood hounds. As a dog owner, it seems Wyeth was as susceptible as anyone to sharing images of his favorite mutts-man’s best friend often makes an appearance in Wyeth’s paintings.
They just take over the house.”ĭig into the life and paintings of Andrew Wyeth and you’ll start to notice that there are dogs all over the place.
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