Friday, January 16, 2009

Passing of an American legend

Iconic American painter, Andrew Wyeth, died today at 91. Andrew Wyeth, the son of N.C. Wyeth and father of Jamie Wyeth, is well known for his paintings of landscapes of Pennsylvania's Brandywine Valley and coastal Maine. Wyeth is perhaps best known for his piece titled Christina's world.














Image from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a2/Christinasworld.jpg

Andrew Wyeth is also known for his series known as the "Helga" paintings. Information concerning the passing of Andrew Wyeth, can be located here.

Andrew's works, along N.C. and Jamie's, can be found in the Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford.