The Artist: Andrew Wyeth
Andrew Wyeth, "The Carry"Artist Andrew Wyeth, who portrayed the hidden melancholy of the people
and landscapes of Pennsylvania's Brandywine Valley and coastal Maine
in works such as "Christina's World," died early Friday. He was 91.
Wyeth died in his sleep at his home in the Philadelphia suburb of Chadds Ford,
according to Hillary Holland, a spokeswoman for the Brandywine River Museum.
in works such as "Christina's World," died early Friday. He was 91.
according to Hillary Holland, a spokeswoman for the Brandywine River Museum.
“Andrew Newell Wyeth (July 12, 1917 – January 16, 2009) was a realist painter, and regionalist artist. He was one of the best-known of the 20th century and sometimes referred to as the "Painter of the People" due to his popularity with the American public. He was the son of the illustrator and artist N. C. Wyeth, and the brother of inventor Nathaniel Wyeth and artist Henriette Wyeth Hurd, and the father of artist Jamie Wyeth and Nicholas Wyeth. Wyeth's favorite subject was the land and inhabitants around his hometown of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, and those near his summer home in Cushing, Maine." - Wikipedia
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