Andrew Newell Wyeth (American, 1917 to 2009)
Born in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, in 1917, Andrew Wyeth was home-schooled by his father, the celebrated illustrator N.C. Wyeth. After learning drafting from his father, the younger Wyeth was awakened to the watercolors of Winslow Homer, whose Impressionistic style would inspire his own work in the watercolor medium. Wyeth’s first exhibition of artwork was in 1936, at the Art Alliance of Philadelphia. One year later, his first one-man show of watercolors – a one-day sell-out – was held in New York City at the Macbeth Gallery. While he could have taken a more commercial route, Wyeth adhered to his inclination to remain an independent artist.
Information courtesy of Pook & Pook Inc., March 2007.