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Was He the 20th Century's Best Painter?

Andrew Wyeth's eclectic take on realist painting is perhaps why so many critics have deemed him on the best artist of the 20th century.`

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By Lyne Lucien

Andrew Wyeth is most known for his realist regionalist painting style, mostly focused on intimate portraits and beautiful country landscapes inspired by his hometown of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, and his summer home in Midcoast Maine. His eclectic take on realist painting is perhaps why so many critics have deemed him one of the best artist of the 20th century. To reflect on his bountiful collection of art and to mark the 100th anniversary of Andrew Wyeth’s birth, the Brandywine River Museum of Art and the Seattle Art Museum curated an exhibition of his greatest projects. The exhibit, Andrew Wyeth: In Retrospect is now open to the public through September 17th.

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Miss Olson,1952, tempera on panel, 25 x 28 ½ in. Private Collection.

2017 Andrew Wyeth/Artists Rights Society (ARS)

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Maga’s Daughter, 1966, tempera on panel, 26 ½ x 30 ¼ in. Private Collection.

2017 Andrew Wyeth/Artists Rights Society (ARS)

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Public Sale, 1943, tempera on panel, 22 x 48 in. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 125th Anniversary Acquisition. Bequest of Margaret McKee Breyer, 2000.

2017 Andrew Wyeth/Artists Rights Society (ARS)

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Lobsterman (Walt Anderson), 1937, watercolor on paper, 21 ¼ x 27 ¾ in. Brandywine River Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift, 2013.

2017 Andrew Wyeth/Artists Rights Society (ARS)

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Spring Fed, 1967, tempera on panel, 27 ½ x 39 ½ in. Collection of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Weiss.

2017 Andrew Wyeth/Artists Rights Society (ARS)

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Pentecost, 1989, tempera with pencil on panel, 20 ¾ x 30 5/8 in. Private Collection.

2017 Andrew Wyeth/Artists Rights Society (ARS)

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Snow Hill,1989, tempera on panel, 48 x 72 in. Private Collection.

2017 Andrew Wyeth/Artists Rights Society (ARS)

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Winter 1946, 1946, tempera on panel, 31 3/8 x 48 in. North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC. Purchased with funds from the State of North Carolina.

2017 Andrew Wyeth/Artists Rights Society (ARS)

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