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Andrew Wyeth

Andrew Wyeth. Andrew Wyeth, 1963. Born at home in Chadd’s Ford, Pennsylvania, in 1917, the youngest of five children 100% home schooled Received all of his art training from his father, N.C. Wyeth, a famous illustrator First one-man exhibition held at a major

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Andrew Wyeth

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  1. Andrew Wyeth

  2. Andrew Wyeth, 1963

  3. Born at home in Chadd’s Ford, Pennsylvania, in 1917, the youngest of five children • 100% home schooled • Received all of his art training from his father, N.C. Wyeth, a famous illustrator • First one-man exhibition held at a major • New York gallery, in 1937 (age 20) • Variously identified as a realist, an • abstractionist, and a regionalist

  4. Married his wife, Betsy, in 1940 and had two sons, Nicholas and James (Jamie) • Deeply affected by the death of his father in a tragic car/train accident (1945) • Spent his entire career painting in two locations, Pennsylvania and Maine • Influenced by artists such as Winslow Homer and Edward Hopper • Died in his sleep, January 2009 (age 92)

  5. Coming Storm, 1938 watercolor Private Collection

  6. “I start every painting with an emotion— something I’ve just got to get out.” ~ Andrew Wyeth (1965)

  7. Egg tempera North Carolina Museum of Art Winter, 1946

  8. Karl, 1948 Egg tempera Private Collection

  9. Egg tempera, 48 x 87 in Shelburne Museum, VT Soaring, 1942-1950

  10. Egg tempera, 48 x 72 in Private Collection Night Sleeper, 1979

  11. Adrift, 1982 Egg tempera, 27 x 27 in Private Collection

  12. Moon Madness, 1982 Egg tempera, 18 x 20 in Private Collection

  13. Egg tempera, 32.25 x 47.25 in Museum of Modern Art, NY Christina’s World, 1948

  14. “Artists today think of everything they do as a work of art. It is important to forget about what you are doing—then a work of art may happen.” ~ Andrew Wyeth (1964)

  15. Wind from the Sea, 1947 Mead Art Museum - Amherst, MA

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