Andrew Wyeth

(Arkansas Democrat Gazette 1-17-09)born July 12, 1917 in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania (the youngest of N. C. Wyeth's five children)died Friday, January 16, 2009 in his sleep at his home (http://encarta.msn.com)American painter, noted for his interpretations of the people and the austere rural landscapes of Pennsylvania and Maine. He was born in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, and was trained by his father, the illustrator and muralist Newell Convers Wyeth. Andrew Wyeth held his first one-man show at the age of 20 and scored an immediate success. His media are chiefly watercolor and tempera; his colors are predominantly subtle shades of brown and gray. In his compositions he displays technical brilliance, realism, and affection for his subjects. Among Wyeth's best-known works are Christina's World (1948, Museum of Modern Art, New York City), Her Room (1963, Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, Me.), and Spring Fed (1967, W. E. Weiss, Jr., Collection). Perhaps the most popular painter of his day, he received the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963, and in 1970 he became the first living artist to be accorded an exhibition in the White House. In 1986, 240 previously unknown works, all studies of a woman named Helga, were revealed to the public for the first time. Andrew Wyeth's son, James Browning Wyeth, is also an artist. HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE "Wyeth, Andrew Newell," Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2000 http://encarta.msn.com © 1997-2000 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.