WYETH Directed by Glenn Holsten Produced by Chayne Gregg

WYETH TO PREMIERE AS PART OF AMERICAN MASTERS “ARTISTS FLIGHT” SERIES ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 10:00 P.M. ON PBS (check local listings)

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WYETH : SYNOPSIS

The life of in bold strokes.

WYETH tells the story of one of America’s most popular, but least understood, artists — Andrew Wyeth. Son of the famous illustrator N.C. Wyeth, Andrew had his first exhibition at age 20, and his “Christina’s World” was acquired by the in 1948. While Wyeth’s exhibitions routinely broke attendance records, art world critics continually assaulted his work. Detailing the stunning drawings and powerful portraits he created in Chadds Ford, Pa. and on the coast of Cushing, , WYETH explores his inspirations, including neighbor Christina Olsen and his hidden muse, the German model Helga Testorf, who he painted secretly for 15 years. Through unprecedented access to Wyeth’s family members, including sons Jamie and Nicholas Wyeth, and never-before-seen archival materials from the family’s personal collection and hundreds of Wyeth’s studies, drawings and , American Masters presents the most complete portrait of the artist yet — bearing witness to a legacy just at the moment it is evolving.

WYETH : DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT

Like many, I grew up knowing only of “Christina’s World” — the haunting painting of a young woman crawling up a hill towards a house. I purchased a postcard of the painting when I visited the Museum of Modern Art in NYC as a teenager and carried it with me for years — it even hung on my bulletin board in my college dorm room for a while. I know I am not alone when I say that something about the painting spoke to me that was quite visceral, but difficult to articulate.

Fast forward to me as a young filmmaker in the mid-1990s, when I was contacted by painter Bo Bartlett to help him create a documentary film about Andrew Wyeth. The film, titled Snow Hill (after one of Andrew Wyeth’s paintings), was commissioned by the artist’s wife, Betsy Wyeth. Betsy Wyeth was the force behind much of the storytelling about Andrew Wyeth that was created during his lifetime.

Working on Snow Hill was my first introduction to Wyeth’s world. I journeyed with Bo to Chadds Ford many times. I met Andrew Wyeth (briefly) and went to meetings with Betsy Wyeth in the one-room schoolhouse that she had transformed into her office. At night, I sifted through his father N.C. Wyeth’s letters, and helped Bo shape a script for the film. It was all very thrilling. “Snow Hill” does a beautiful job of seeing Wyeth’s world through Andrew Wyeth’s eyes.

In truth (thanks to his business manager wife, Betsy Wyeth), Andrew Wyeth’s life has been well documented. There have been dozens of books and museum catalogs written about him over a span of decades. He painted from his teens in the 1920s until shortly before his death at 92 in 2009. That’s a lot of living, and a lot of painting.

However, with the exception of Snow Hill , which was made while Andrew Wyeth was alive, there has not yet been a film that took stock of the totality of his life. WYETH is the first documentary that explores the full scope of Andrew Wyeth’s life and artistic method — not only showcasing his amazing body of work, but detailing his approach to art making: how he would immerse himself in worlds connected to, but far different from, his own, including the Kuerner family and the African American community in his Chadds Ford neighborhood, or the Olson family in Maine. Throughout his life, he confidently painted his world — the people and places he knew in and Maine — despite the dramatic evolution of the art world that shunned him.

In 2002 I made a film about another great painter, , who pursued his goals in art and life with unswerving determination. I admired Eakins’ passionate pursuit of truth in painting, and in Andrew Wyeth I recognized that same flame.

In capturing images to tell this story, director of photography Phil Bradshaw and I needed only to look to the work for inspiration. WYETH captures the painter’s world with sweeping, panoramic views of the Brandywine River Valley that echo Wyeth’s own cinematic approaches to picture making: extreme low angles, detailed shots of the woods in which he walked and dreamed as a child; gentle dolly and crane shots that move through the interior and exterior spaces that Wyeth experienced, imitating his sense of exploration and revealing his camera-like eye.

We were most inspired, however, by Wyeth’s mastery of light. Windows appear in all of our interviews, our graphics genius Jason Harmon created window light effects on our archival materials (if you look closely, you will detect window frame shadows subtly passing over newspaper headlines). All of these choices build a film world that is both delicate and strong, inspired by Andrew Wyeth’s work.

I am immensely grateful to visionaries at The Brandywine Museum of Art in Chadds Ford and the Farnsworth Museum in Rockland, Maine, who had the foresight to preserve and maintain the places of significance in Andrew Wyeth’s life. In addition to wonderful storytellers — sons Jamie and Nicholas Wyeth, friend and colleague Mary Landa, muse and model Helga Testorf, art historians and curators — we had access to key places that made up the artist’s world, including the N.C. Wyeth House and Studio, the Andrew Wyeth Studio, the — a 33-acre property that inspired much of his work over decades, and in which many of the Helga paintings were created — and the Olson House in Cushing, Maine, the site of the famous “Christina’s World.” Filming in these locations was like stepping into art history.

In post-production, producer Chayne Gregg and I worked closely with editor Vic Carreno and composer Michael Aharon to shape a story that was revealed layer by layer, much in the way Andrew Wyeth created his exquisite master paintings – meticulous study followed by layer upon layer of tempera.

I made this film in hopes that audiences would discover the depth and richness in an artist that they thought they knew, but perhaps never really took the time to understand. DIRECTOR GLENN HOLSTEN

ANDREW WYETH BIOGRAPHY

ANDREW WYETH BIOGRAPHY

I’m just appalled and amazed at the way in which people are interested in my paintings. I think it’s because I happen to paint things that reflect the basic truths of life: sky, earth, friends, the intimate things. People are drawn to my work by common feelings that go beyond art. A.W. quoted in Time magazine, February 24, 1967

American painter Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009) spent his entire life in his birthplace of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, and his summer home in mid-coast Maine, rarely venturing beyond these two regions. His seven-decade career was spent painting the land and people that he knew and cared about. Throughout his career, Wyeth steadfastly followed his own vision of representational art. Careful observation reveals that while the works depict realistic imagery, the artist made skillful choices to convey his own version of place, of story and of emotion. Not tempted by the parallel rise of abstract expressionism, Wyeth has received both great success and sharp criticism. The artist’s 1948 tempera “Christina’s World” is one the best-known American paintings of the 20 th century.

The artist’s legacy is preserved by his wife, Betsy James Wyeth, their sons Nicholas, an art dealer, and Jamie, also a painter, and Nicholas’s daughter, Victoria. Research for the artist’s catalogue raisonné is ongoing with up-to-date information announced at www.andrewwyeth.com .

ANDREW WYETH CHRONOLOGY

1917 Born July 12 in home of his parents, Chadds Ford, PA. Mother was Carolyn Brenneman Bockius. Father was Newell Convers (N.C.) Wyeth, a distinguished illustrator. Wyeth is the last of five siblings - Henriette (born 1907), Carolyn (born 1909), Nathaniel (born 1911), and Ann (born 1915).

1920s The family spends each summer in Maine, eventually purchasing a property in Port Clyde.

1923-29 Educated at home by tutors.

1932 Accepted into his father’s studio as an apprentice. Two of N.C.’s other students, John McCoy and , will eventually marry Ann and Henriette.

1933 Began painting and drawing at the Kuerner property in Chadds Ford.

1934 Andrew and his father being experimenting with tempera painting, encouraged by Peter Hurd, the artist married to Andrew’s sister Henriette.

1935 Work by the Wyeth Family , Philadelphia Art Alliance, Pennsylvania, March 25 – April 19.

The artist’s father N.C. and sisters Henriette and Carolyn also represented the family here.

1937 First one-man exhibition at Macbeth Gallery in New York at age 20. All paintings were sold.

1939 Watercolors by Andrew Wyeth , Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire, April. The artist’s first solo exhibition at a museum.

Met Betsy Merle James, who in turn introduced him to model Christina Olson, July.

1940 Married Betsy James in her hometown of East Aurora, NY. The two settle in Chadds Ford and continue to spend summers in Maine.

1941 Elected for membership of American Watercolor Society. At age 23, he was the youngest member ever to be chosen.

1943 First son, Nicholas, born September 21.

Has eight works included in Americans 1943: American Realists and Magic Realists , Museum of Modern Art, New York.

1945 Father and his three-year-old nephew killed when their car was struck by a train near Chadds Ford, PA.

1946 Winter, 1946 (tempera on panel) is completed. Second son, James (Jamie), born, July 6.

1948 Painted Christina’s World using Christina Olson as his model. Months later, the painting was acquired by Museum of Modern Art, New York.

1950 “Andrew Wyeth Paints a Picture”, Elaine de Kooning. Art News , March.

1951 The artist endured life-threatening surgery to alleviate bronchiectasis, a treatable but incurable lung disease.

1953 Andrew Wyeth , M. & Company, Inc., New York, October 26 – November 14, marks new representation when the Macbeth Gallery closes its doors.

1954 Received his first Honorary Doctorate Degree, from Colby College, Waterville, ME.

Eventually, the artist received 24 honorary degrees from colleges and universities including Harvard, Dartmouth, and the University of Pennsylvania.

1955 Elected to membership of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, as the youngest member ever selected. 1956 Andrew Wyeth , M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, California, July 12 – August 12; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California, August 28 – September 23.

American Watercolor Exhibition , National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, August – September.

1958 Acquires a property on the Brandywine River in Chadds Ford – an 18 th century flour mill complex which will be restored and serve as a home for the young family.

1959 Completes Groundhog Day (tempera on panel), which was soon acquired by the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

1960 Elected to membership of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, MA. He was youngest member ever to be elected.

1962 Awarded the Certificate of Merit by the American Watercolor Society, New York, NY.

Andrew Wyeth, Temperas, Water Colors and Drawings , Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, November 2 – December 9.

1963 Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President John F. Kennedy, which was presented by President Johnson in December, following the death of President Kennedy.

The artist appears in Time magazine, his portrait on the cover was painted by his sister, Hurd.

1965 Andrew Wyeth, an interview , Richard Meryman and As One Craftsman to Another , George P. Hunt, Life , May 14.

Received Gold Medal “for preeminence in painting” from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the National Institute of Arts and Letters, NY.

1966 Appointed by the Post Office Department, Washington, DC, to the Stamp Advisory Committee.

Given the Gold Medal of Honor by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, preceding the opening of Andrew Wyeth - Temperas, Watercolors, Dry Brush, Drawings, 1938 – 1966 . This retrospective exhibition also traveled to Baltimore, Chicago, New York, and Chicago.

1967 Elected as member of the Smithsonian Art Commission, Washington, DC.

The World of Andrew Wyeth , ABC-TV, Schwartz-Wallace Productions.

1968 Christina Olson, subject of more than 200 drawings and paintings, died on January 27 at age 74.

Painted The Sauna , a tempera of Siri, a Maine model who was to be featured in major paintings through the 1970s.

1970 Andrew Wyeth , The , Washington, DC, February 19 – March 28, the first solo exhibition of art ever shown there.

Named to serve on the Committee of the President’s Commission for the Observance of the 25th Anniversary of the United Nations, Washington, DC, by President Richard M. Nixon.

1971-85 Painted the major body of work that later became known as the Helga Collection.

1971 Wyeth People: a portrait of Andrew Wyeth as he is seen by his friends and neighbors , Gene Logsdon. New York: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1971.

The Brandywine River Museum (of Art) opens in Chadds Ford.

1973 Mrs. N. C. Wyeth, Andrew’s mother, died on March 15.

The Art of Andrew Wyeth , The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, California, June 16 – September 3.

1974 Andrew Wyeth , The Lefevre Gallery, London, May 23 – June 22.

Andrew Wyeth , National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, April 6 – May. The Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Kyoto, Japan, May 25 – June 30.

1976 Two Worlds of Andrew Wyeth: Kuerners and Olsons , Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, October 16, 1976 – February 6, 1977. This was the first solo exhibition by a living artist to be presented by the Metropolitan Museum.

1977 Elected Associate Member to the Institut de France Academie des Beaux Arts, Paris. Wyeth makes his only overseas trip to accept the honor in May 1978. He and (1856 – 1925) remain the only two Americans ever welcomed into the Académie.

1978 Elected to membership of the Soviet Academy of the Arts, Leningrad, USSR.

Awarded gold medal of the National Arts Club.

1979 Karl Kuerner, subject of many paintings at the Kuerner farm, died at age 80, on January 6.

Works by Andrew Wyeth from the Holly and Arthur Magill Collection , Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, South Carolina, opened September 11.

1980 Andrew Wyeth , Royal Academy of the Arts, London, June 6 – August 31. This was the first exhibition by a living American artist at the Royal Academy.

The Real World of Andrew Wyeth , BBC, Andrew Schnell, producer,

1981 Temperas, Aquarelles, Drybrush, Dessins , Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, December 2, 1980 – January 31, 1981.

1984 Peter Hurd died July 9.

1985 United Nations Postal Administration issued two stamps with Andrew Wyeth paintings ALVARO RAKING HAY and THE CORNER on the occasion of the Administration’s 40th Anniversary.

1986 The Wyeths: A Father and His Family , and WETA-TV, 1986.

“Andrew Wyeth’s Secret Paintings”, Jeffrey Schaire. Art & Antiques , September. When the Helga Collection was made public in August, the story was simultaneously featured on the covers of both Time and Newsweek .

1987 An American Vision: Three Generations of Wyeth Art , an exhibition featuring the work of Wyeth, his father N. C., and his son Jamie opened on March 11 at the Academy of the Arts of the USSR in Leningrad. This exhibition toured five countries before it closed at the Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, PA in November, 1988.

Andrew Wyeth: , , Washington, DC, May 24 – September 27. The exhibition traveled to , Houston, San Francisco, and Brooklyn before closing in September 1989.

Walt Anderson, whom Wyeth had painted in Maine from the time he was a young man, died on July 31.

1989 John McCoy, Wyeth’s brother-in-law, died on July 6.

1990 Nathaniel Convers Wyeth, brother of Andrew, died on July 4.

Awarded the Congressional Gold Medal by President Bush at White House ceremony on October 24, the first visual artist to receive the honor.

1992 Andrew Wyeth , Gallerie Forni, Bologna, Italy, March 28 – April 28.

1993 The Olson House, given to the Farnsworth Museum in Rockland in 1991, is opened for seasonal public tours.

1994 , sister of Andrew, died March 1.

1995 Andrew Wyeth: Autobiography , Aichi Prefectural Museum, Nagoya, February 3 – April 2; Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo, April 15 – June 4; Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art, Fukushima-City, June 6 – July 16; Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri, September 24 – November 26.

Andrew Wyeth Self-Portrait: Snow Hill , Bo Bartlett, director and Betsy James Wyeth, producer.

1996 Awarded honorary membership in the Royal Academy of London in May.

Andrew Wyeth: A Secret Life , Richard Meryman. New York: Harper Collins, 1996.

1997 Henriette Wyeth Hurd, Andrew’s eldest sister, died in April, at age 89.

The Olson Collection, the body of work done in preparation for , Christina’s World , and several other well-known works, is acquired by the Marunuma Art Park in Asaka, Japan.

Anna Kuerner died on November 28.

1998 Unknown Terrain: Landscapes of Andrew Wyeth opened at Whitney Museum of American Art. Selections from this exhibition also traveled to the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia.

The Wyeth Study Center opens at the in Rockland, Maine. Its inaugural exhibit was Wondrous Strange – The Wyeth Tradition: , N.C. Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth, James Wyeth .

2001 Andrew Wyeth: Close Friends , Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, Mississippi, February 3 – May 13; Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, South Carolina, June 6 – August 26; Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, Savannah, Georgia, September 13 – December 31.

2004 Kuerner Farm is seasonally opened for public tours through the Brandywine River Museum of Art.

2005 Ann Wyeth McCoy, Andrew’s youngest sister, died on November 10 at age 90.

The retrospective Andrew Wyeth: Memory and Magic opened at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, November 12.

2006 Memory and Magic is shown at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, March 29 – July 16.

2007 Received National Medal of Arts from President George W. Bush, November 15.

2008 Emotion and Creation , Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan, November 8 – December 23; Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya, Japan, January 4 – March 8, 2009; Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art, Fukushima, Japan, March 17 – May 10, 2009.

2009 The artist died in his sleep on January 16.

2011 Olson House and Kuerner Farm are designated as National Historic Landmarks

The Wyeths: Three Generations of American Art opens at the Mona Bismarck Foundation in Paris and ran November 10 – February 11, 2012.

2012 The exhibition Andrew Wyeth In China opened in Beijing on April 14. It was also shown in Hong Kong before a venue.

The artist’s studio is opened to the public through the Brandywine River Museum of Art. The building was given to the museum by the artist’s widow in 2010.

2013 Michael Palin in Wyeth’s World , BBC Scotland, 2013.

2014 The Andrew Wyeth Studio is designated a National Historic Landmark.

Andrew Wyeth: Looking Out, Looking In is on view at the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, May 4 - November 30, 2014.

Rethinking Andrew Wyeth , David Cateforis. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2014.

2015-2016 Wyeth: Andrew and Jamie in the Studio , , Denver, CO, November 8, 2015 – February 7, 2016; Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain, March 1 – June 19, 2016.

2017 The artist’s 100 th birthday on July 12 th is marked by several exhibitions and catalogues as well as the release of US postage stamps featuring 12 of his best- known paintings.

WYETH : CAST & CREW CREDITS

DIRECTOR Glenn Holsten

PRODUCER Chayne Gregg

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Phil Bradshaw

EDITOR Vic Carreno

MUSIC BY Michael Aharon

Music recorded and mixed at quiver/nyc

DRUMS Ben Wittman

BASS Max Aharon

ADDITIONAL CAMERA (JAPAN) Emily Topper

ASSISTANT CAMERA Matt Hamm

ASSISTANT PRODUCERS Charles Morabito Meg Sarachan Nao Abe (Japan)

GAFFERS Mike Bland Eric Fiorito Shawn McCloskey Bobby Earnhart (GA)

GRIPS Matt Bucolo Ken Conley Jim Devers Kevin McGlinchey

SOUND MIXER Dave Rainey

ADDITIONAL SOUND John Gooch Matthew Fletcher (ME) Jacob Falls (GA)

MAKEUP Lee Cado

DRONE Max Tubman

DRONE CAMERA Clay Hereth

DRONE ASSISTANT Evan Panek

PROJECTOR OPERATOR Jay Schwartz

ARTWORK PHOTOGRAPHER Jason Cline

EGG TEMPERA DEMONSTRATION Brian Baade

3D, MOTION GRAPHICS, AND COMPOSITING Jason Harmon

MOTION GRAPHICS Adam Maruszan

PRODUCTION DESIGNERS Flux

FIRST ASSISTANT EDITOR Meg Sarachan

ASSISTANT EDITOR Stephen Sklarow

RE-RECORDING MIXER Mark Schultz, CAS

AUDIO POST FACILITY MANAGER Caitlin McCullough

COLOR GRADE Alkemy X

TRANSLATION ASSISTANCE Nao Abe Masashi Katayama Tom Sarachan

PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS Marcus Clarke August Dobrin Des Riddick Garret Crusan (ME) Joshua Echoff (GA) Takashi Abe (Japan)

FILM TRANSFER Alkemy X Colorlab

PRODUCTION INTERN Drew Cooper

EQUIPMENT CAP Aerial Expressway Grip Federal Grip Co. HammStew Liberty Camera Co. Resolution Rentals Production Consultants & Equipment (GA)

LOCATION SERVICES Farnsworth Art Museum

WORLD SALES The Film Sales Company

ARTWORK

Collection of Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Copyright Andrew Wyeth / Artists Rights Society (ARS)

A CROW FLEW BY, 1950 Tempera on Panel. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Gift of Arthur Hoppock Hearn Fund, 1950 ABOVE ARCHIES, 1961 Drybrush watercolor on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection ADAM, 1963 Tempera on Panel. Brandywine River Museum of Art. Gift of Anson McC. Beard. Jr., 2002 ADRIFT, 1982 Tempera on Panel. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection AIRBORNE, 1996 Tempera on Panel. Promised gift to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art ALEXANDER CHANDLER, 1955 Drybrush on Paper. Private Collection ALVARO AND CHRISTINA, 1968 Watercolor on Paper. Farnsworth Art Museum. Museum purchase, 69.1646 Alvaro and others, raking blueberries, 1942 Watercolor on Paper. Marunuma Art Park, Japan Alvaro in kitchen doorway, 1960 Ink on Paper. Marunuma Art Park, Japan Alvaro on front doorstep, 1942 Watercolor on Paper. Marunuma Art Park, Japan Alvaro painting his dory, 1947 Watercolor on Paper. Marunuma Art Park, Japan AND BELLS ON HER TOES, 1997 Drybrush watercolor on Paper. Private Collection ANNA CHRISTINA, 1967 Tempera on Panel. Brandywine River Museum of Art and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ANNA CHRISTINA Studies, 1967 Watercolor and Pencil on Paper. Marunuma Art Park, Japan ANNA KUERNER, 1971 Tempera on Panel. Private Collection Anna Kuerner Studies, 1971. Pencil on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection Anna Kuerner Study, 1971. Pencil on Paper. Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Fowler APRIL WIND, 1952 Tempera on Panel. Wadsworth Atheneum. Bequest of J. Swan, 1962. THE APRON, Study for Room After Room, 1967 Drybrush and watercolor on Paper. Greenville County Museum of Art THE ARCHERS, 1932. Ink on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection BARRACOON, 1976 Tempera on Panel. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection BIG SPRUCE, 1938 Watercolor on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection Bill Loper, 1936 Charcoal on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection BLACK HUNTER, 1938 Tempera on Panel. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection BREAKFAST AT OLSONS, 1967 Watercolor on Paper. Marunuma Art Park, Japan BROWN SWISS, 1957 Tempera on Panel. Private Collection Brown Swiss Studies, 1957 Pencil on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection BURIAL AT ARCHIES, 1934 Oil on Canvas. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection THE CARRY, 2003 Tempera on Panel. Private Collection CHESTER COUNTY, 1962 Drybrush and watercolor on Paper. Private Collection CHRISTINA OLSON, 1947 Tempera on Panel. Myron Kunin Collection of American Art CHRISTINA WITH BEADS, Study for Christina Olson, 1947 Pencil on Paper. Farnsworth Art Museum, Gift of Nina Chandler Murray CHRISTINA'S BEDROOM, 1947 Watercolor on Paper. Private Collection CHRISTINA'S HEAD, Study for Christina Olson, 1947 Watercolor on Paper. Farnsworth Art Museum, Gift of Nina Chandler Murray CHRISTINA'S WORLD, 1948 Tempera on Panel. Museum of Modern Art, New York CHRISTINA'S WORLD Studies, 1948 Pencil on Paper. Marunuma Art Park, Japan CHRISTINA'S WORLD Study, 1948 Watercolor on Paper. Marunuma Art Park, Japan CHRISTMAS MORNING, 1944 Tempera on Panel. Myron Kunin Collection of American Art CIDER AND PORK, 1956 Watercolor on Paper. Private Collection THE CLAM DIGGER, 1937 Watercolor on Paper. Private Collection CLOUDS AND SHADOWS, 1940 Watercolor on Paper. Farnsworth Art Museum, Museum Purchase CLUMP OF MUSSELS, 1939 Watercolor on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection COMING STORM, 1938 Watercolor on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection COOT HUNTER, 1941 Watercolor on Paper. Chicago Art Institute CORNER OF THE WOODS, 1954 Tempera on Panel. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Bequest of William A. Coolidge CORNFLOWERS, 1986 Watercolor on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection DAY DREAM, 1980 Tempera on Panel. Private Collector DAY OF THE FAIR, 1963 Drybrush and watercolor on Paper. St. Louis Museum of Fine Arts, Missouri, Museum Purchase DEAD BUCK, 1957 Watercolor on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection Dead Buck - first version, 1957 Watercolor on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection Dead Buck Study 1957 Pencil on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection DEMOLISHED, JUNE 1995, 1995 Watercolor on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection DOWN HILL, 1971 Watercolor on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection Dr. Syn Study, 1981 Pencil on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection THE DRIFTER, 1964 Drybrush and watercolor on Paper. The Phyllis and Collection The Duel Study, 1976 Watercolor and pencil on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection The Duel Study, 1976 Watercolor on Paper. Private Collection EASTER SUNDAY, 1975 Drybrush on Paper. Private Collection EGG SCALE Studies, 1959 Pencil on Paper. Marunuma Art Park, Japan ETTA, 1959 Pencil on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection EVENING AT KUERNERS, 1970 Drybrush watercolor on Paper. Private Collection FARAWAY, 1952 Drybrush on Paper. The Phyllis and Jamie Wyeth Collection FARM POND, Study for Brown Swiss, 1957 Watercolor on Paper. Reynolda House Museum of American Art FENCE LINE, 1967 Watercolor on Paper. Private Collection THE FISH HAWK, 1939 Watercolor on Paper. Collection of Frank E. Fowler FROSTBITTEN, 1962 Watercolor on Paper. Private Collection FULL MOON, 1980 Watercolor on Paper. Private Collection FUR HAT, Study for Adam, 1963 Watercolor and pencil on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection GARRET ROOM, 1962 Drybrush on Paper. Private Collection GERANIUMS, 1960 Drybrush watercolor on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection THE GERMAN, 1975 Watercolor on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection GRAIN BAG, Chicken Mash - first version, 1959 Watercolor on Paper. Marunuma Art Park, Japan GRANDDAUGHTER, 1956 Drybrush watercolor on Paper. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT; Gift of Mrs. Robert Montgomery GRAPE WINE, 1966 Tempera on Panel. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Amanda K. Berls, 1967 GROUNDHOG DAY, 1959 Tempera on Panel. Philadelphia Museum of Art. Gift of Henry F. DuPont and Mrs. John Wintersteen. Groundhog Day Studies,1959 Pencil and watercolor on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection Groundhog Day Studies,1959 Pencil and watercolor on Paper. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Gift of Andrew and Betsy Wyeth, 2006 HAY LEDGE, 1957 Tempera on Panel. Private Collection HEAD OF ADAM, 1959 Pencil on Paper.The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection HIS BOOT, 1951 Drybrush on Paper. Private Collection HOME COMFORT, 1976 Watercolor on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection THE HUNTER, 1943 Tempera on Panel. Toledo Museum of Art, Elizabeth C. Mau Bequest Fund INDEPENDENCE DAY, 1961 Watercolor on Paper. Private Collection JACK AND WILLARD, 1968 Watercolor on Paper. Private Collection JAMES LOPER, 1952 Tempera on Panel. Brandywine River Museum of Art, Gift of Harry G. Haskell, Jr. JAMES LOPER, 1951 Pencil on Paper. Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Museum Purchase James Loper Study, 1952 Pencil on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection KARL, 1948 Tempera on Panel. Private Collection KARL KUERNER, Study for The Kuerners, 1971 Pencil on Paper. Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Fowler Karl Studies, 1948 Pencil on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection KUERNER'S FARM, Study for Antler Crown, 1983 Watercolor on Paper. Private Collection THE KUERNERS, 1971 Drybrush on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection The Kuerners Studies, 1971 Pencil on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection LITTLE AFRICA, 1984 Drybrush on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection LOBSTERMAN (Walt Anderson), 1937 Watercolor on Paper. Brandywine River Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift 2013 THE LOBSTERMAN, 1937 Watercolor on Paper. Hunter Museum of Art, Gift of the Benwood Foundation LONG LIMB, 1998 Tempera on Panel. Private Collection LOVERS, 1981 Drybrush on Paper. The Phyllis and Jamie Wyeth Collection MAGA'S DAUGHTER, 1966 Tempera on Panel. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection MAINE FISHERMAN, 1936 Watercolor on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection THE MARCH OF THE TREES, 1938 Watercolor on Paper. Private Collection MARRIAGE, 1993 Tempera on Panel. Private Collection Milk Room Studies, 1964 Pencil on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection MISS OLSON, 1952 Tempera on Panel. Private Collection MISS OLSON Study, 1952 Pencil on Paper. Private Collection MISS OLSON Study, 1952 Ink on Paper. Marunuma Art Park, Japan MONOLOGUE, 1965 Drybrush and watercolor on Paper. Brandywine River Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift MOTHER ARCHIE'S CHURCH, 1945 Tempera on Panel. Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts, Museum Purchase N.C. WYETH IN HIS STUDIO, 1944 Pencil on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection NEW ENGLAND, 1960 Drybrush on Paper. Private Collection NEW ENGLAND Studies, 1960 Charcoal and pencil on Paper. Marunuma Art Park, Japan New Moon - first version, 1985 Watercolor on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection NIGHT HAULING, 1944 Tempera on Panel. Bowdoin College Museum, Gift of Mrs. Ernestine K. Smith in memory of her husband, Burwell B. Smith. NIGHT LAMP, 1950 Tempera on Panel. Private Collection NIGHT SHADOW, 1978 Drybrush on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection No Trespassing Study, 1991 Watercolor and pencil on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection NOGEESHIK, 1972 Tempera on Panel. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection OIL LAMP, 1945 Tempera on Panel. Collection of Phyllis and Jamie Wyeth OIL LAMP Studies, 1945 Pencil on Paper.Marunuma Art Park, Japan OLSONS AND BARREL, Study for Weatherside, 1965 Pencil on Paper. Marunuma Art Park, Japan OPEN SHUTTER, Study for My Studio, 1974 Watercolor on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection PAINTED POST, 1983 Tempera on Panel. Private Collection PATROLLING, 1975 Watercolor on Paper. Private Collection PENNSYLVANIA LANDSCAPE, 1942 Tempera on Panel. Brandywine River Museum of Art, Bequest of Miss Remsen Yerkes, 1982 PENTECOST, 1989 Tempera and pencil on Panel. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection PISTOL AND BOTTLE, 1932 Charcoal on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection , 1943 Tempera on Panel. Philadelphia Museum of Art. 125th Anniversary Acquisition. Bequest of Margaret McKee Breyer, 2000 THE QUAKER, 1975 Tempera on Panel. Private Collection THE REVENANT, 1949 Tempera on Panel. New Britain Museum of American Art ROASTED CHESTNUTS, 1956 Tempera on Panel. Brandywine River Museum of Art. Gift of Mimi Haskell, 1971 ROOM AFTER ROOM, 1967 Watercolor on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection ROOM AFTER ROOM Studies, 1967 Charcoal and pencil on Paper. Marunuma Art Park, Japan SARITA, 1978 Watercolor on Paper. Private Collection SEA DOG, 1971 Tempera on Panel. North Carolina Museum of Art, Gift of R. J. Reynolds Industries, Inc. SHADE TREES, 1961 Watercolor on Paper. Private Collection SHORELINE, 1938 Watercolor on Paper. Greenville County Museum of Art SNOW FLURRIES, 1953 Tempera on Panel. National Gallery of Art. Gift of Dr. Margaret I. Handy SNOWFLAKES, 1966 Drybrush watercolor on Paper. Arkansas Arts Center, Purchase, Tabriz Fund and Museum Purchase Plan of the NEA SOARING, 1942 Tempera on Panel, Shelburne Museum Spare Room - second version, 1973 Watercolor on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection SPRING, 1978 Tempera on Panel. Brandywine River Museum of Art. Gift of George A. Weymouth and his son in memory of Mr. and Mrs. George T. Weymouth, 1987 SPRING BEAUTY, 1943 Drybrush and ink on Paper. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, F. M. Hall Collection SPRING FED, 1967 Tempera on Panel. Collection of Mr. and Mrs. W.D. Weiss Spring Fed Studies, 1967 Pencil and Watercolor on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection SPRING LANDSCAPE AT KUERNERS, 1935 Oil on Canvas. Private Collection Stairway and front door, 1948 Watercolor on Paper. Marunuma Art Park, Japan THAT GENTLEMAN, 1960 Tempera on Panel. Dallas Museum of Art THAT GENTLEMAN Study, 196 Watercolor and pencil on Paper. Dallas Museum of Art That Gentleman Studies, 1960 Watercolor on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection Third-floor bedroom, 1947 Watercolor on Paper. Marunuma Art Park, Japan , 1951 Tempera on Panel. The Phyllis and Jamie Wyeth Collection Untitled, 1950 Watercolor on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection Untitled, 1956 Watercolor on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection (3) Untitled, 1964 Pencil on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection Untitled, 1967 Watercolor on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection Untitled, 1968 Watercolor on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection Untitled, 1970 Pencil on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection Untitled, 1971 Pencil on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection Untitled (French Connection), 1980 Pencil on Paper. Private Collection WEATHERSIDE, 1965 Tempera on Panel. North Carolina Museum of Art. Promised Gift of Ann and Jim Goodnight WHITE SHIRT, 1957 Watercolor on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection WILD DOG, Study for Groundhog Day 1959 Watercolor on Paper. The Phyllis and Jamie Wyeth Collection WILLARD, 1959 Watercolor on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection WILLARD ASLEEP, 1965 Drybrush watercolor on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection WILLARD IN PARKA, 1967 Watercolor on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection WILLARD IN THE STUDIO, Study for Moved Out, 1964 Watercolor on Paper. Private Collection WIND FROM THE SEA, 1947 Tempera on Panel. National Gallery of Art, Gift of Charles H. Morgan WIND FROM THE SEA Studies, 1947 Watercolor and Pencil on Paper. Marunuma Art Park, Japan WIND FROM THE SEA Study, View Out An Open Window, 1947 Pencil on Paper. National Gallery of Art, Gift of Charles H. Morgan WINTER CORN, 1948 Drybrush on Paper. Private Collection , 1942 Tempera on Panel. Whitney Museum of American Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Benno C. Schmidt in memory of Mr. Josiah Marvel WINTER, 1946, 1946 Tempera on Panel. North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh Wolf Moon Studies, 1975 Pencil on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection WOOD STOVE, 1962 Drybrush on Paper. Farnsworth Art Museum WOOD STOVE Studies, 1962 Watercolor and Pencil on Paper. Marunuma Art Park, Japan WOODSHED, 1944 Tempera on Panel. Brandywine River Museum of Art, Bequest of C. Porter Schutt Woodshed Studies, 1944 Ink and pencil on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection YOUNG AMERICA, 1950 Tempera on Panel. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts YOUNG BUCK, 1944 Watercolor on Paper. Private Collection YOUNG BULL, 1960 Drybrush on Paper. Private Collection Young Bull Studies, 1960 Pencil on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection YOUNG KARL KUERNER, 1946 Watercolor on Paper. Private Collection Young Karl Kuerner Study, 1946 Pencil on Paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection YOUNG SWEDE, 1938 Tempera on Panel. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection

© Pacific Sun Trading Company, courtesy of Frank E. Fowler and Barracoon Study, 1976 Drybrush on paper. Private Collection Black Velvet, 1972 Drybrush on paper. Private Collection BRAIDS, 1977 Tempera on Panel. Private Collection CAPE COAT, 1982 Drybrush on Paper. Private Collection CROWN OF FLOWERS, Study for Maidenhair, 1974. Drybrush on paper. Private Collection DRAWN SHADE, 1977 Drybrush on Paper. Private Collection FARM ROAD, 1979 Tempera on Panel. Private Collection LETTING HER HAIR DOWN, 1972 Tempera on Panel. Private Collection OVERFLOW, 1978 Drybrush on Paper. Private Collection THE PRUSSIAN, 1973 Watercolor on Paper. Private Collector SHEEPSKIN, 1973 Tempera on Panel. Private Collection SUN SHEILD, 1982 Watercolor on Paper. Private Collector UNTITLED (nude), 1973

Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009) Turkey Pond , 1944, Tempera on panel, 36 3⁄4 x 44 3⁄4 inches, Collection of the Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Wyeth in memory of Walter Anderson, 1995.2

N. C. Wyeth (1882-1945), All day he hung round the cove, or upon the cliffs, with a brass telescope , 1911, oil on canvas, 47 1/4 × 38 1/4". Brandywine River Museum of Art, Bequest of Gertrude Haskell Britton, 1992.

N. C. Wyeth (1882-1945), Dying Winter , 1934, oil on canvas, 42 1/4 × 46 3/8". Brandywine River Museum of Art, Museum purchase, 1982.

N. C. Wyeth (1882-1945), For all the world, I was led like a dancing bear , 1911, oil on canvas, 47 1/4 × 38 1/4". Brandywine River Museum of Art, Bequest of Gertrude Haskell Britton, 1992.

N. C. Wyeth (1882-1945), It was after this attack that the High Command published to the German army: "The moral effect of our own gunfire can not seriously impede the advance of the American Infantry." , 1930, oil on canvas, 36 3/4 × 56 1/4". Brandywine River Museum of Art, Bequest of Carolyn Wyeth, 1996.

N. C. Wyeth (1882-1945), The Last of the Mohicans, endpaper illustration , 1919, oil on canvas, 30 × 43". Brandywine River Museum of Art, Given in memory of Raymond Platt Dorland by his children, 1973.

N. C. Wyeth (1882-1945), My Mother , 1929, oil on canvas, 36 3/8 × 40 1/4". Brandywine River Museum of Art, Bequest of Carolyn Wyeth, 1996.

N. C. Wyeth (1882-1945), One last tremendous cut which would certainly have split him to the chin[e] had it not been intercepted by our big signboard of Admiral Benbow , 1911, oil on canvas, 47 1/16 × 38". Brandywine River Museum of Art, Bequest of Ann Wyeth McCoy, 2006.

N. C. Wyeth (1882-1945), Then the king . . . ran towards Sir Mordred, crying, "Traitor, now is thy death day come" , 1917, oil on canvas, 40 × 32". Brandywine River Museum of Art, Gift of Christopher W. Davenport, John F. Davenport and Juliet R. Davenport in memory of the previous owners, 2006.

N. C. Wyeth (1882-1945), Treasure Island, endpaper illustration , 1911, oil on canvas, 32 3/4 × 47 1/8". Brandywine River Museum of Art, Purchased in memory of Hope Montgomery Scott, 1997.

An Attack on a Galleon , 1905, for "The Fate of a Treasure Town," by Howard Pyle, in Harper's Monthly Magazine, December 1905, Howard Pyle (1853–1911), Oil on canvas, 29 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. (74.9 x 49.5 cm), Art Museum, Museum Purchase, 1912

The Battle of Bunker Hill , 1898 for "The Story of the Revolution" by Henry Cabot Lodge, in 'Scribner's Magazine' February 1898, Howard Pyle (1853–1911), Oil on canvas, 24 1/4 x 36 3/8 in. (61.6 x 92.4 cm), Delaware Art Museum, Museum Purchase, 1912

Which Shall Be Captain? , 1908, for "The Buccaneers," by Don C. Seitz, in Harper's Monthly Magazine, January 1911, Howard Pyle (1853–1911), Oil on canvas, 48 x 31 3/4 in. (121.9 x 80.6 cm), Delaware Art Museum, Gift of Dr. James Stillman, 1994

The Mermaid , 1910, Howard Pyle (1853–1911), Oil on canvas, 57 7/8 x 40 1/8 in. (147 x 101.9 cm), Delaware Art Museum, Gift of the children of Howard Pyle in memory of their mother, Anne Poole Pyle, 1940

The Attack upon the Chew House , 1898, for "The Story of the Revolution," by Henry Cabot Lodge, in Scribner's Magazine, June 1898, Howard Pyle (1853–1911), Oil on canvas, 24 × 36 1/4 in. (61 × 92.1 cm). Delaware Art Museum, Museum Purchase, 1912

They scrambled up the parapet and went surging over the crest, pell mell, upon the British , 1899, for Janice Meredith, volume II, by Paul Leicester Ford (New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1899), Howard Pyle (1853–1911), Oil on canvas, 24 × 16 in. (61 × 40.6 cm), Delaware Art Museum, Museum Purchase, 1912

PHOTOGRAPHS Andrew and Betsy cutting cake, May 1940 by Stewart Love, Wyeth family archives

Andrew Wyeth and N.C. Wyeth, between 1939 and 1945 / N. C. (Newell Convers) Wyeth, photographer. William E. Phelps papers, 1939-1979. , Smithsonian Institution.

Andrew Wyeth as a baby c. 1917 photographer unknown, Wyeth Family Archives

Andrew Wyeth as Robin Hood c. 1930 photographer unknown, Wyeth Family Archives

Andrew Wyeth with David “DoDo” Lawrence c. 1925 photographer unknown, Wyeth Family Archives

Betsy and Andrew in Chadds Ford c. 1940 photographer unknown Wyeth Family Archives

Betsy in profile c. 1939, photographer unknown, Wyeth family archives

Edward J. S. Seal, photographer (1897?-1955) , N. C. Wyeth in his Chadds Ford studio posing in front of his mural, Reception to Washington on April 21, 1789, at Trenton on his way to New York, 1930, Gift of Barbara M. Lloyd, 2009, The Walter & Leonore Annenberg Research Center, Brandywine River Museum of Art

Merle James and family c. 1927 photographer unknown, Wyeth Family Archives

N.C. Wyeth at work, not after 1904 / unidentified photographer. Allen Tupper True and True family papers, 1841-1987. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

N. C. Wyeth c. 1939 by Edward J. Seal, Wyeth Family Archives

Wedding reception, May 1940 by Stewart Love, Wyeth family archives

Willem de Kooning, 1946 Apr / Harry Bowden, photographer. Harry Bowden papers, 1922-1972. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Wyeth family in Needham, Mass. c. 1922 photographer unknown, Wyeth Family Archives

Wyeths in Fur, 1982 © Charles Isaacs

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