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  2. Christina's World - Wikipedia

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    Christina's World is a 1948 painting by American painter Andrew Wyeth and one of the best-known American paintings of the mid-20th century. It is a tempera work done in a realist style, depicting a woman in an incline position on the ground in a treeless, mostly tawny field, looking up at a gray house on the horizon, a barn, and various other small outbuildings are adjacent to the house. [1]

  3. Andrew Wyeth - Wikipedia

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    Grave of Andrew Wyeth, with the Olson House in the background, Cushing, Maine. The couple had two sons. Nicholas was born in 1943. Jamie Wyeth, born in 1946, followed his father's and grandfather's footsteps, becoming the third generation of Wyeth artists. Andrew painted portraits of both children (Nicholas and Faraway of Jamie). Andrew was the ...

  4. Maidenhair (painting) - Wikipedia

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    One such telling is from Andrew Wyeth’s granddaughter, Victoria, who recounts in a 1997 lecture: “Andy [was] very friendly, especially to young, attractive women.” [1] [2] Wyeth was searching for a new project and happened upon the German Lutheran church in Waldoboro. Inside he met a young woman with whom he began talking and discovered ...

  5. Olson House (Cushing, Maine) - Wikipedia

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    Olson House is a 14-room Colonial farmhouse in Cushing, Maine. The house was made famous by its depiction in Andrew Wyeth's Christina's World. The house and its occupants, Christina and Alvaro Olson, were depicted in numerous paintings and sketches by Wyeth from 1939 to 1968. The house was designated as a National Historic Landmark in June

  6. The Helga Pictures - Wikipedia

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    Helga Testorf portrayed in Braids (1979) by Andrew Wyeth The Helga Pictures are a series of more than 268 paintings and drawings of German model Helga Testorf (born c. 1933 [ 1 ] [ 2 ] or c. 1939 [ 3 ] [ 4 ] ) created by American artist Andrew Wyeth between 1971 and 1985.

  7. Claire Danes - Wikipedia

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    She appeared in choreographer Tamar Rogoff's solo dance piece "Christina Olson: American Model", where she portrayed the subject of Andrew Wyeth's famous painting Christina's World. Olson suffered from muscular deterioration that left her weak and partially paralyzed. [31] Danes was praised for her dance skills and acting in the project. [32] [33]

  8. Brandywine Museum of Art - Wikipedia

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    The Brandywine Museum of Art is a museum of regional and American art located on U.S. Route 1 in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania on the banks of the Brandywine Creek.The museum showcases the work of Andrew Wyeth, a major American realist painter, and his family: his father N.C. Wyeth, illustrator of many children's classics; his sister Ann Wyeth McCoy, a composer and painter; and his son Jamie Wyeth ...

  9. Winter Fields (painting) - Wikipedia

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    Winter Fields is a 1942 painting by the American artist Andrew Wyeth. It depicts a dead, frozen crow in a landscape with fields and distant farm buildings. The painting is hosted at the Whitney Museum of American Art, in New York. [1]