Andrew Wyeth 'Christina's World' (detail) 1948

Christina Olson (1893 - 1968) "She was limited physically but by no means spiritually….The challenge to me was to do justice to her extraordinary conquest of a life.” -Andrew Wyeth

Christina was Wyeth’s Maine neighbor, who suffered from Polio. Wyeth was on friendly terms with the Olsons, using her and her younger brother as the subject of paintings from 1940 to 1968.

Andrew Wyeth [American Contemporary Realist Painter, 1917-2009]
Tempera on gessoed panel
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), NYC

Second of the three generations of Wyeth artists. The best known of the Wyeths, Andrew Wyeth was taught by his father, artist and illustrator N.C. Wyeth. Andrew Wyeth is father of Jamie Wyeth, third generation contemporary realist painter.

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Farnsworth Museum, Wyeth works: collection.farnsworthmuseum.org/objects?query=wyeth&f...
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Taken on: January 26, 2009

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