His work usually suggests rural quiet, isolation, and somber mood and is devoid of modern-day objects such as automobiles. However, his paintings have elements of abstraction in that the work derives from his strong feelings about his subjects, which often appear in unusual positions, juxtapositions, and with features highlighted for emotional effect.

Adhering to his own path, he was snubbed by many prominent art critics. The non-art oriented brother, Nathaniel Wyeth, achieved much success as a chemist for DuPont where, among many inventions, he created a durable plastic so plastic bottles could hold carbonated beverages.Īndrew Wyeth maintained a style strongly oriented towards Realism when Abstract Expressionism was all-prevalent. Andrew’s sisters Caroline and Henriette became noted artists as did his brother-in-law, Peter Hurd. Wyeth, persons including many dignitaries came from all over the country to visit the family. The Wyeth household was a lively place with much intellectual and social stimulation. 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. He is the son of Newell Convers and Carolyn Bockius Wyeth of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, and was home-schooled because of delicate health. His style is both realistic and abstract, and he works primarily in tempera and watercolor, often using the drybrush technique. 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.

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