ANDREW WYETH
Away from the art scene in New York and Paris during the 1930’s, in the small town of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, a regionalist painter depicted his surroundings and the people that took part of his life. His name was Andrew Wyeth, also referred as “the painter of the people” who became a renowned underrated artist in the United States during the 20th century.
Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009), the youngest of five siblings, was born into a family of artists who shared a love for nature and poetry. His father was the illustrator and artist Newell Convers; his brother, Nathaniel Wyeth was an inventor and his sister Henriette Wyeth Hurd, an artist. He fathered Nicholas Wyeth and Jamie Wyeth, both artists as well. Andrew’s childhood was shadowed by his respiratory problems, which forced him to be …show more content…
His father teachings quickly made him an expert in figure study, and watercolor. Wyeth’s favorite subjects were: rural landscapes, family tradition, and romance.
In 1937 at the age of twenty, he had his first solo exhibition in New York selling his entire stock of paintings. At the time Wyeth became known, the country was still battling the last years of the Great Depression. As the 30’s were rolling, President Roosevelt ran his second term and hurled more federal programs to restore America’s confidence. The GM union workers strike paralyzed the country for 44 days in 35 cities and in December 1941, the Japanese