and Carolyn's five children were all talented. The home bustled with creative activity and competition. By the 1920s, Wyeth senior had become a celebrity, and the family often had celebrities as guests, such as F. He created illustrations for books such as Treasure Island and The Last of the Mohicans. Wyeth was an illustrator known for his work in magazines, posters and advertisements. I was almost made to stay in Robin Hood's Sherwood Forest with Maid Marion and the rebels." Wyeth recalled of that time: "Pa kept me almost in a jail, just kept me to himself in my own world, and he wouldn't let anyone in on it. Due to being schooled at home, he led both a sheltered life and one that was "obsessively focused". Wyeth's father was the only teacher that he had. Vidor later made a documentary, The Metaphor, where he and Wyeth discuss the influence of the film on his paintings, including Winter 1946, Snow Flurries, Portrait of Ralph Kline and Afternoon Flight of a Boy up a Tree. He claimed to have seen the film, which depicted family dynamics similar to his own, "a hundred-and-eighty-times" and believed it had the greatest influence on his work. One major influence, discussed at length by Wyeth himself, was King Vidor's The Big Parade (1925). Music and movies also heightened his artistic sensitivity. Like his father, the young Wyeth read and appreciated the poetry of Robert Frost and the writings of Henry David Thoreau and studied their relationships with nature.
Īndrew was home-tutored because of his frail health. The family was close, spending time reading together, taking walks, fostering "a closeness with nature" and developing a feeling for Wyeth family history. was an attentive father, fostering each of the children's interests and talents. Due to N.C.'s fond appreciation of Henry David Thoreau, he found this both coincidental and exciting.
He was born July 12, 1917, on the 100th anniversary of Henry David Thoreau's birth. (Newell Convers) Wyeth and his wife, Carolyn Bockius Wyeth. Wyeth in his studio with a cowboy modelĪndrew was the youngest of the five children of illustrator and artist N.C.
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