Born: July 12, 1917 City and Country of Origin: Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania Painting School: Realist Art Training: He studied extensively under his father N.C. Wyeth the illustrator Exhibitions: Macbeth Gallery, New York 1937, National Gallery of Art 1987 Awards: Major Works: "Christina's World," "The Helga Paintings" Andrew Wyeth Biography: Because he was a sickly child his parents decided to educate him at home. He was thus home-schooled
in every subject including art. This was perhaps young Andrews greatest stroke of good fortune for his father Newell Convers Wyeth was one of
America's greatest illustrators of the day. He became competent in the use of both watercolors and tempera, which became the mediums of most of
his best loved paintings. Died:
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