Andrew Wyeth – Artwork & Bio of the American Painter

Andrew Wyeth was an American painter born on 12 July 1917 in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. Wyeth’s artistic education came from his father, who was also an artist. At age 16, Wyeth exhibited at the Wilmington Society of the Fine Arts for the first time, grabbing the attention of art dealer Robert Macbeth. In 1937, Macbeth organized Andrew’s first solo exhibition.

Two years later, Wyeth married Betsy Merle James, who became his manager and curator. Wyeth continued gaining recognition through the 1950s, exhibiting widely and receiving an honorary doctorate from Harvard University. The earlier death of his father and the aftermath of the Second World War had visible impacts on his subject matter and palette.

Wyeth’s later works caused a lot of controversies due to his exploration of his subject’s sexualities. However, Leonard E.B. Andrews purchased the collection of paintings in 1986 and exhibited them the following year at the National Gallery of Art in Washington. He continued painting privately and died on 16 January 2009.

What was Andrew Wyeth Known For?

Andrew Wyeth was known for painting portraits and landscapes with accurate depictions. Wyeth famously employed a dry brush technique of applying paint, squeezing out most of the pigment before layering it on canvas. Wyeth worked with watercolors and egg tempera, preferring the medium over oils.

Who was Andrew Wyeth Influenced By?

Andrew Wyeth was influenced by his father – N. C. Wyeth, Edward Hopper, and Winslow Homer. Wyeth received the majority of his artistic training from his father and studied the works of American painters Hopper and Homer to develop his style.

What Art Movement was Andrew Wyeth Associated With?

Andrew Wyeth was associated with the Impressionism and Realism art movements.

Andrew Wyeth Artwork

Below are some of the artworks of Andrew Wyeth

Above the Narrows

Anna Christina

Below Dover

Christina’s World

Dodge’s Ridge

Evening At Kuerners

Henry Teel

Maidenhair

Overflow

Pennsylvania Landscape

Quaker Ladies

Sea Boots

The Patriot

Trodden Weed

Wind from the Sea

 

Winter Fields

Winter

Young Bull

All Andrew Wyeth Artwork on Artchive

Artwork Name Year Medium
Autumn
Barracoon
Below Dover 1950
Bird In The House
Blackberry Picker
Black Velvet
Breakup
Brown Swiss
Chambered Nautilus
Charlie Ervine 1937
The Hunter
The Kuerners 1971 watercolor
The Lobsterman
The Patriot 1964 tempera,panel
The White Dory 1941 oil,canvas
The Wood Stove
Thin Ice
Tomorrow The Outer Shoals panel
Trodden Weed 1951 tempera,panel
Turkey Cove Ledge
Christina Olson
Corner of the Woods
Crescent Moon
Curtain Call
Day Dream 1980 tempera,panel
Dead Gull
Dil Huey Farm
Distant Thunder
Dodge's Ridge 1947 tempera,fiberboard
Dr. Syn 1981
Turkey Pond
Under Sail
Untitled
Untitled
Up in the Studio
Virgin Birch 1982
Walking Stick
Weatherside
Weatherside 1965
Wild Dog (study for groundhog day)
Embers 2000
End of Olsons
Evening At Kuerners 1970 watercolor
Faraway
Field Hand (recto) 1985 watercolor
First Snow
Fisherman
Friend
Full Moon 1980
Groundhog Day
Winter Carnival 1985; Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, United States
Winter Farm Scene watercolor,paper
Winter Fields 1942 tempera,canvas
Witches Broom
Wolf Moon 1975
Wolves
Young bull 1960
Groundhog Day
Groundhog Day
Groundhog Day
Helga 1979 tempera
Henry Teel
Her Room
Inland Shell
Jim Hawkins Leaves Home
Karl
Little Caldwell's Island
Log Chain
Long Limb
Love in the Afternoon
Lovers 1981 panel
Maga's Daughter
Maidenhair
Man and the Moon
Marriage
Memorial Day
Mi joven amiga
Monday Morning
Monologue
Moon Madness
Night Sleeper 1979
Nogeeshik
Untitled
Untitled
Indian summer 1970
Untitled
Untitled
Untitled
Arctic Circle 1996
Untitled
Untitled
Untitled
November First 1950 watercolor,paper
Omen 1997
On Bar Island
On Her Knees 1977 panel
On the Edge
Overflow 1978
Painter’s Folly 1989
Pennsylvania Landscape
Pentecost 1989
Pine Baron
Public Sale
Quaker Ladies 1956
Raccoon
Refuge
Rest in Peace
Ring Road
Roasted Chestnuts
Scuba 1994
Sea Boots
Sea Dog
Self-Portrait
Shadey Trees oil,canvas
Siri
Snow Hill
Soaring
Above the Narrows 1960
Airborne
Alvaro & Christina
Apples on a Bough, Study Before Picking
Spring 1978
Spring Beauty
Spring Fed
Squall
The Big Oak oil,canvas
The Coot Hunter
The Corner
The Drifter
The German
Anna Christina 1967 tempera
Wind from the Sea 1947 tempera
Sunday Times 1987 Watercolor
Winter, 1946 1946 tempera,board
Christina's World 1948 Tempera on Panel
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