Study for "Wind from the Sea" (recto)
Angaben
- Inventarnummer
- 2009.13.4.a
Derweil im Leben von Andrew Wyeth
Das ganze LebenOctober 1945
Father and nephew killed by a train
In October 1945 N. C. Wyeth and his three-year-old grandson Newell Convers Wyeth II were killed when their car stalled on the railway tracks near their home and was struck by a train. Andrew called his father's death a formative event in his art; soon afterwards his painting consolidated into its mature, enduring style.
6. Juli 1946
Son born: Jamie Wyeth
1947
Gold medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
In 1947 the American Academy of Arts and Letters awarded Wyeth its gold medal for painting.
![Ginevra de' Benci [obverse], Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1474/1478](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/8f29e3c9-a289-4d53-abf0-31a66e9e98fa/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
![Wreath of Laurel, Palm, and Juniper with a Scroll inscribed Virtutem Forma Decorat [reverse], Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1474/1478](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/ff62e8d0-45c4-498f-ad36-6358de827e04/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
