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[[Andrew Wyeth]] (1917- ), is an American [[artist]]. He was tutored at home until he was 18.<ref>The Homeschooling of Andrew Wyeth, A Conversation with the Artist, Gifted Children Monthly, May 1986, Vol 7 No. 5.[http://www.nfgcc.org/51.htm]</ref> He is the son of noted book illustrator, N. C. Wyeth.
[[Andrew Wyeth]] (1917- ), is an American [[artist]]. He was tutored at home until he was 18.<ref>The Homeschooling of Andrew Wyeth, A Conversation with the Artist, Gifted Children Monthly, May 1986, Vol 7 No. 5.[http://www.nfgcc.org/51.htm]</ref> He is the son of noted book illustrator, N. C. Wyeth.
His most familiar [[painting]], ''Christina's World,''<ref>[http://12.172.4.131/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O%3AAD%3AE%3A6464&page_number=1&template_id=1&sort_order=1 Christina's World], online image at Museum of Modern Art website; [http://jssgallery.org/Other_Artists/Andrew_Wyeth/Christinas_World.htm Christina's World], image at John Singer Sargent Virtual Gallery</ref> painted in 1948, shows his neighbor, Christina Olson, and her house in Cushing, Maine. Olson had invited Wyeth to use an upstairs room as a studio, which he did for thirty years.<ref>[http://architecture.about.com/cs/housetours/a/wyeth.htm Christina's World - The House Andrew Wyeth Painted].</ref> The title is a reference to Olson's circumscribed world: she was a victim of [[poliomyelitis]] with limited mobility.
His most familiar [[painting]], ''Christina's World,''<ref>[http://12.172.4.131/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O%3AAD%3AE%3A6464&page_number=1&template_id=1&sort_order=1 Christina's World], online image at Museum of Modern Art website; [http://jssgallery.org/Other_Artists/Andrew_Wyeth/Christinas_World.htm Christina's World], image at [[John Singer Sargent]] Virtual Gallery</ref> painted in 1948, shows his neighbor, Christina Olson, and her house in Cushing, Maine. Olson had invited Wyeth to use an upstairs room as a studio, which he did for thirty years.<ref>[http://architecture.about.com/cs/housetours/a/wyeth.htm Christina's World - The House Andrew Wyeth Painted].</ref> The title is a reference to Olson's circumscribed world: she was a victim of [[poliomyelitis]] with limited mobility.
Wyeth works mainly in [[egg tempera]] (the medium used in ''Christina's World'') and watercolor.
Wyeth works mainly in [[egg tempera]] (the medium used in ''Christina's World'') and watercolor.