John W. McCoy

John Willard McCoy (1910–1989) was an American artist who painted landscapes, portraits, and still lifes. He was married to the composer Ann Wyeth, the daughter of painter N.C. Wyeth and sister of painter Andrew Wyeth.

Life and career Born in California, McCoy's family moved to the east coast, first to New Jersey and then to Wilmington, Delaware. He graduated from Cornell University with a degree in Fine Arts, studied for a year in France, worked briefly for the DuPont Company, then enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts before completing his studies privately with N.C. Wyeth, working in his studio alongside the young Andrew Wyeth. It was while studying with the elder Wyeth that he met his future wife, Ann. the Brandywine River Museum, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

Andrew Wyeth recalled McCoy in an interview: I think I may well have been influenced by his rather somber look at things. There is a brooding quality, a smoldering power in his painting.