The couple, with their two sons, spent their winters in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania and their summers in Cushing, Maine. The couple developed a creative partnership which certainly guided and influenced Wyeth's work. Two years later, he married Betsey James. Wyeth held his first exhibit in 1937 in the town in which he was living, Port Clyde, Maine. Despite the realism of Wyeth's work, the influence of Abstract Expressionism can be seen in his unusual compositions and juxtapositions. He used mostly water-colors and tempera to paint. His style was realistic he portrayed rural themes, landscapes and figures in shades of brown and grey. His paintings demonstrated the anxiety and isolation felt by the common American.
Wyeth adopted an entirely different style although, like his artistic peers, his art was private and subjective. For many, this meant exploring an Abstract Expressionist style in which all forms and figures are lost. Artists of his generation were turning inwards, unable to make sense of the world around them. Growing up between the World Wars, Andrew Wyeth came of age in a bleak period of history. He also did not receive any formal artistic training, but his parents recognized and nurtured his talent. Wyeth was mostly home-schooled and did not attend any college or university. The family lived in Pennsylvania Wyeth's painting was certainly influenced by the regional art traditions of the area. Wyeth, the well-known illustrator, and Carolyn Bockius. He is a painter in the American tradition, capturing the people and landscapes of his country on canvas.īorn in 1917, Andrew Wyeth was one of five children born to N.C. Andrew Wyeth is one of the foremost American artists of the twentieth century.
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