Anna Brelsford McCoy
{{Short description|American painter}}
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| name = Anna Brelsford McCoy
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| birth_date = 1940
| birth_place = United States
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| education = Tower Hill School in Wilmington, Delaware
Bennett College in Millbrook, New York
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
| occupation = Artist
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| spouse = George Alexis Weymouth
Divorced in 1979 after 18 years
| parents = John W. McCoy and
Ann Wyeth
| children = Mac (adopted)
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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.{{cite web|author=Peter de La Fuente |url=http://www.wyethhurd.com/family.html |title=Family Bios |publisher=Wyethhurd.com |date=1945-10-19 |accessdate=2016-10-15}}
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.{{Cite web |title=John W. McCoy: American Painter |url=http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/2aa/2aa568.htm |access-date=2022-03-08 |website=www.tfaoi.com}} When McCoy was still a child, she decided she wanted to be a portrait artist.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30888160/|title=Portraitist Finds Work Challenging|last=Quillmann|first=Catherine|date=14 December 1997|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|access-date=23 April 2019|via=Newspapers.com}} 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.
McCoy graduated from Bennett College in 1960 with a bachelor of arts degree.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30888537/|title=Exploring Identity in Art|last=Quillman|first=Catherine|date=23 March 2003|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|access-date=23 April 2019|via=Newspapers.com}} Instead of attending the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, she got married. She married Frolic Weymouth and they stayed married for 18 years until their divorce in 1979.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mainlinetoday.com/Main-Line-Today/May-2009/Old-Man-River/|title=Old Man River|last=Pirro|first=J.F.|date=May 2009|website=MainLine Today|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-04-23}} While she was married, she didn't paint very much and didn't start painting again until 1980.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30888811/|title=Artist of Her Pedigree Knows Her True Calling|last=Connolly|first=Mike|date=30 November 1997|work=The News Journal|access-date=23 April 2019|via=Newspapers.com}}
McCoy is the author of the book, John W. McCoy, American Painter.{{cite book |author=Anna Brelsford McCoy |authorlink=Anna Brelsford McCoy |title=John W. McCoy: American Painter |publisher=Down East Books |location=Camden, ME |year=2001 |isbn=9780892725274 |oclc=48013689}} McCoy lives in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania and "paints what she likes." She also spends time in Maine. She is known for her portrait work, as well as landscapes and still lifes.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30888923/|title=Inside Look at Celebrity Photos|last=Quillman|first=Catherine|date=22 April 2001|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|access-date=23 April 2019|via=Newspapers.com}}
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Category:20th-century American painters
Category:20th-century American women painters
Category:Bennett College (New York) alumni
Category:Painters from Pennsylvania
Category:Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts alumni