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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> | 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> | ||
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| + | Wyeth rose to fame with his realistic paintings during the very heyday of [[abstract expressionism]]. By the 1960s he was extraordinarily successful, appeared on the cover of ''Time Magazine,'' and ''Life'' called him "America's pre-imminent artist."<ref>[http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/2aa/2aa433.htm Andrew Wyeth and Bob Timberlake], Fayetteville Museum of Art.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 12:33, May 10, 2007
Andrew Wyeth (1917- ), is an American artist. He was tutored at home until he was 18.[1] He is the son of noted book illustrator, N. C. Wyeth.
His most familiar painting, Christina's World,[2] 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.[3]
Wyeth's paintings are done in egg tempera.
Wyeth rose to fame with his realistic paintings during the very heyday of abstract expressionism. By the 1960s he was extraordinarily successful, appeared on the cover of Time Magazine, and Life called him "America's pre-imminent artist."[4]
Notes and references
- ↑ The Homeschooling of Andrew Wyeth, A Conversation with the Artist, Gifted Children Monthly, May 1986, Vol 7 No. 5.[1]
- ↑ Christina's World, online image at Museum of Modern Art website; Christina's World, image at John Singer Sargent Virtual Gallery
- ↑ Christina's World - The House Andrew Wyeth Painted.
- ↑ Andrew Wyeth and Bob Timberlake, Fayetteville Museum of Art.