Andrew WyethUSA, 1917–2009The Door Step
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I Andrew Wyeths liv
Hela livet1939
Meets Betsy James
In 1939 in Maine Wyeth met Betsy James, whom he married on 15 May 1940; she introduced him to Christina Olson, managed his career and influenced him so strongly that N. C. Wyeth came to resent her. “I am a director and I had the greatest actor in the world,” Betsy once said.
1943
Birth of his son Nicholas
In 1943 the Wyeths' first son, Nicholas, was born; Andrew later painted portraits of both his sons.
October 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.
1950–1970s
The Kuerner farm, his subject for 30 years
His Chadds Ford neighbours Anna and Karl Kuerner and their farm were among Wyeth's chief subjects for nearly 30 years: “I didn't think it a picturesque place. It just excited me, purely abstractly and purely emotionally.” In “Brown Swiss” (1957), named after Karl's cows, there are no cows — only their tracks in the grass.
![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)
