Anna Brelsford McCoy

Anna Brelsford McCoy
Born 1940
United States
Nationality American
Education Tower Hill School in Wilmington, Delaware
Bennett College in Millbrook, New York
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Occupation Artist
Spouse(s) George Alexis Weymouth
Divorced in 1979 after 18 years
Children Mac (adopted)
Parent(s) John W. McCoy and
Ann Wyeth

Anna Brelsford McCoy (born 1940) is an American artist. While she is clearly of the Brandywine School of art, she has developed her own distinctive style.[1]

Biography

McCoy’s mother was Ann Wyeth McCoy, the youngest daughter of the illustrator N. C. Wyeth who was closely tied to the Brandywine School approach to art. Her father was John W. McCoy, a student of N. C. Wyeth and son of a vice president of the DuPont Company.[2] McCoy began studying art with her aunt Carolyn Wyeth at the age of fourteen. She also studied with Charles Vinson. Her uncle Andrew Wyeth and his son and her cousin, Jamie, loomed large in the School. She married Frolic Weymouth, a student of and very close friend to Andrew Wyeth.

McCoy is the author of the book, John W. McCoy, American Painter.[3] McCoy lives in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania and paints the Brandywine Valley. She spends summers in Rockland, Maine.

References

  1. ↑ Peter de La Fuente (1945-10-19). "Family Bios". Wyethhurd.com. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
  3. ↑ Anna Brelsford McCoy (2001). John W. McCoy: American Painter. Camden, ME: Down East Books. ISBN 9780892725274. OCLC 48013689.
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