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Andrew
Wyeth Paintings
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Andrew Wyeth was
born July 12, 1917 in
Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.
He was the youngest
of five children. Andrew
was a sickly child and
so his mother and father
made the decision to
pull him out of school
after he contracted
whooping cough. His
parents home-schooled
him in every subject
including art education.
Andrew Wyeth Prints-
Chester County Farm
Chester County Farm
Newell Convers Wyeth
(Andrew's father) was
a well known illustrator
whose art was featured
in many magazines, calendars,
posters and murals.
He even painted maps
for the National Geographic
Society!
Painting Style
Andrew had a vivid
memory and fantastic
imagination that led
to a great fascination
for art. His father
recognized an obvious
raw talent that had
to be nurtured. While
his father was teaching
him the basics of traditional
academic drawing Andrew
began painting watercolour
studies of the rocky
coast and the sea in
Port Clyde Maine.
He worked primarily
in watercolours and
egg tempera and often
used shades of brown
and grey. He held his
first one-man show of
watercolours painted
around the family's
summer home at Port
Clyde, Maine in 1937.
It was a great success
that would lead to plenty
more.
Successes
He married at the
age of twenty-two to
a local girl named Betsey
James and had two boys,
Nicholas who became
an art dealer, and James
who became the third
generation artist in
his family. Interestingly,
although James' father
was the most popular
artist in his family
history, he was greatly
inspired by his grandfather's
illustrations.
He was featured on
the cover of American
Artist as well as many
other famous magazines
such as the Saturday
Evening Post that displayed
his painting "The
Hunter." His first
solo museum exhibition
was presented in 1951
at the Farnsworth Art
Museum. Since then he
has seen many more successes
and is considered one
of the most "collectable"
living artist's of our
time.
Andrew Wyeth Quotes
"With watercolour,
you can pick up the
atmosphere, the temperature,
the sound of snow shifting
through the trees or
over the ice of a small
pond or against a windowpane.
Watercolour perfectly
expresses the free side
of my nature."
- Andrew Wyeth
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