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Andrew Wyeth's most famous painting is arguably Christina's World. It depicts Christina Olson, a woman who was unable to walk due to a degenerative muscular disorder. In the egg-tempera-on-panel painting, Olson reclines in a grassy field, looking toward her farmhouse. Wyeth painted the piece in 1948, and today it is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, New York. On 1stDibs, shop an assortment of Andrew Wyeth art.
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"Nothern Point" Color Collotype Print by Andrew Wyeth
By Andrew Wyeth
Located in San Diego, CA
"Nothern Point" signed in print color collotype print by Andrew Wyeth, circa 1950s. The piece is in very good vintage condition and comes unframed mounted on board. This wonderful pi...
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20th Century American Prints
Materials
Wood
$680 Sale Price
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Quart and a Half
By Andrew Wyeth
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Quart and a Half" is an American Realist abstract landscape watercolor on paper painting by Andrew Wyeth in 1961. The artwork is 21 x 29 1/4 inches and is 33 3/4 x 42 1/4 x 1 inches...
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20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Royal Doulton Porcelain Bowl Designed by Andrew Wyeth England 1973
By Royal Doulton, Andrew Wyeth
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Royal Doulton Porcelain Bowl Designed by Andrew Wyeth England 1973.
Amazing Royal Doulton Andrew Wyeth large porcelain bowl with apple branches 13" Limited Ed.
Andrew Wyeth bowl made of fine English bone China. The bowl was made for Andrew Wyeth by Royal Doulton of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.
Limited edition from an original work of art by Andrew Wyeth...
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Late 20th Century English Victorian Decorative Bowls
Materials
Porcelain
Dogwood
By Andrew Wyeth
Located in Missouri, MO
Andrew Wyeth
"Dogwood" 1983
Collotype
Ed. 115/300
Signed and Numbered Lower Right
Image Size: 21 x 28 3/4 inches
Framed Size: approx. 29 x 36.5 inches
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. His style is both realistic and abstract, and he works primarily in tempera and watercolor, often using the drybrush technique.
He is the son of Newell Convers and Carolyn Bockius Wyeth of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, and was home-schooled because of delicate health. 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.
The Wyeth household was a lively place with much intellectual and social stimulation. Because of the prominence of N.C. Wyeth, persons including many dignitaries came from all over the country to visit the family. Andrew's sisters Carolyn and Henriette became noted artists as did his brother-in-law, Peter Hurd. The non-art oriented brother, Nathaniel Wyeth...
Category
1980s American Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
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