To coincide with the exhibition Wyeth : Andrew and Jamie in the Studio, the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum is presenting an exhibition on the French photographer Joséphine Douet who, during the course of a month, followed the American realist painter Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009), photographing the places and motifs that inspired him in his native city of Chadds Ford (Pennsylvania, USA) from a new viewpoint.
Douet's decision to create a photographic survey of this small American city can be seen as an artistic challenge based on her admiration for the artist, who has always been one of her key reference points. Douet set out to capture the mystery and essence of Wyeth's work, walking around the hills near Chadds Ford and portraying its current inhabitants. Coexisting alongside these people and places allowed the photographer to obtain a new perspective on the artist, while also creating her own, intimate mood in the scenes depicted.
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