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Andrew Wyeth
Sign in to saveAlso known as Andrew Wyerh, Andrew Newell Wyeth, Ssu Wei, Wei-ssu, Weisi, Andoryū Waiesu, Ėndri︠u︡ Uaĭet, Andrew Nowell Wyeth
American visual artist (1917–2009)
Key facts
- Born
- Andrew Newell Wyeth , ( 1917-07-12 ) July 12, 1917, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania , U.S.
- Died
- January 16, 2009 (2009-01-16) (aged 91), Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, U.S.
- Resting place
- Hathorn Cemetery, Cushing, Maine , U.S.
- Known for
- Painting
- Notable work
- Christina's World
- Movement
- Regionalist
- Spouse
- Betsy James ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1940 )
- Parent s
- N. C. Wyeth and Carolyn Bockius Wyeth
- Awards
- Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chadds Ford Township
- Place of death
- Chadds Ford Township
- Child
- Jamie Wyeth
- Father
- N. C. Wyeth
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Christina's World
- Student of
- N. C. Wyeth
- Field of work
- painting
- Genre
- genre painting
- Movement
- French Realism
- Official website
- www.andrewwyeth.com
- Image
- Andrew Wyeth.jpg
- Work location
- Chadds Ford Township
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- date of birth
- 1917-07-12
- date of death
- 2009-01-16
- member of
- Académie des beaux-arts
- Commons category
- Andrew Wyeth
- topic's main category
- Category:Andrew Wyeth
- cause of death
- disease
- has works in the collection
- Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
- name in native language
- Andrew Newell Wyeth
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to Andrew Wyeth, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Andrew Newell Wyeth (/ˈwaɪɛθ/ WY-eth; July 12, 1917 – January 16, 2009) was an American visual artist and one of the best-known American artists of the middle 20th century. Though he considered himself to be an "abstractionist," Wyeth was primarily a realist painter who worked in a regionalist style, often painting the land and people of his hometown in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania and his summer home in Cushing, Maine.
His father, the illustrator and artist N. C. Wyeth, was a key member of the Brandywine School of artists and illustrators. N.C. Wyeth gave Andrew art lessons as a child, during which he developed the skills to create landscapes, illustrations, figures, and watercolor paintings. His influences included the landscape artist Winslow Homer, American philosopher and naturalist Henry David Thoreau, and filmmaker King Vidor. Wyeth's wife, Betsy, managed his career and was a strong influence in his work. His son Jamie Wyeth is also an artist.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Andrew Wyeth” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.