Andrew Wyeth
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Arts
- Subcategories: Artists, Artisans, Painting, Painters, Drawing
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, American History 1951-present
Article abstract: Wyeth, one of the most famous and best-loved American painters throughout the world, created a body of work that many consider to embody the essence of American representational art.
Early Life
Andrew Newell Wyeth and his four older siblings grew up in a family dominated by the dynamic personality of their father, Newell Convers (N. C.) Wyeth, one of America’s greatest illustrators, whose work included drawings for Scribner’s Illustrated Classics. The world of heroic, daring action that his father depicted for such epic tales as...
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