The American painter Andrew Newell Wyeth was born July 12, 1917. He is currently one of the more popular artists in the country. Christina’s World (1948; in Museum of Modern Art, New York City), is a most famous 20th century American artwork.
Wyeth is a realist painter producing regional art. Andrew was lucky enough to be born in an artistic lineage. His father, N. C. Wyeth, was illustrator and artist. Other artistic family members include Henriette Wyeth Hurd, Jamie Wyeth and Nicholas Wyeth.
Wyeth’s core subject is the country and the inhabitants in/around his hometown of Chadds Ford, PA, as well as near his summer home in Cushing, Maine.
Despite his love for landscape, it is the ‘Helga Pictures’ that is by far Wyeth’s most famous art series. It entails 247 studies of Wyeth’s neighbor, Helga Testorf, painted over a period of 14 years.
Almost immediately upon completion*, the entire collection was bought in 1986, hereby securing its value. The collection has since been sold, but it continues to tour the world. (* He made one final painting of her in 2002, which has joined the collection).
The extensive study of one subject in differing contexts and emotional states is completely unique in American art. The works are seen as her physical landscape set within Wyeth’s customary landscapes. Wyeth conveys subtle qualities of character and mood while portraying her as unsmiling and passive.
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