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Andrew Newell Wyeth

Andrew Newell Wyeth (1917 - 2009) was active/lived in Pennsylvania, Maine.  Andrew Wyeth is known for Figure, portrait, landscape and genre painting.

A painter of landscape and figure subjects in Pennsylvania and Maine, Andrew Wyeth became one of the best-known American painters of the 20th century. His style is both realistic and abstract, and he works primarily in tempera and watercolor, often using the drybrush technique.

He is the son of Newell Convers and Carolyn Bockius Wyeth of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, and was home-schooled because of delicate health. His art instruction came from his famous-illustrator father, who preached the tying of painting to life--to mood and to essences and to capturing the subtleties of changing light and shadows.

The Wyeth household was a lively place with much intellectual and social stimulation.  Because of the prominence of N.C. Wyeth, persons including many dignitaries came from all over the country to visit the family.  Andrew's sisters Carolyn and Henriette became noted artists as did his brother-in-law, Peter Hurd. The non-art oriented brother, Nathanie   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 27288 characters.]  Artist bio

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