American artist Andrew Wyeth has passed away at age 91. His most famous painting is the iconic
Christina's World but my favorites of his are his Helga series of paintings.
The women I used to see on TV and in magazines always looked too pretty and perfect, they did not look normal. The woman Wyeth painted in his Helga series looked not only real she looked like women I knew. I love the way he played with light and shadow on her body and her face in this series.
Wyeth was the son of an artist and his son also became an artist. He will be missed but we've got his huge body of work to appreciate forever.
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I've always been fascinated by Wyeth's paintings - I like the scenes of farmhouse furniture with sunlight streaming in.
The Helga series is such a beautiful study of the female form.
Those are absolutely beautiful. I had to do a double take because I thought the second one was actually a photograph!
My favourite painting is Wyeth's "Master Bedroom", and I have a print of it in my bedroom. It's the most peaceful and calming image I can imagine.
He will be missed.
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Beautiful paintings. So sad he died. Lovely tribute, MonkeyStud.
I also am fond of his paintings. His father, N.C. Wyeth was of that era that included Arthur Rackham and W. Heath Robinson, among others. I've always loved all of those illustrators.
Those are wonderful Wyeths, which I hadn't seen before. Thanks. Such a loss.
Thank you for posting those beautiful works. I had not seen them. Wyeth will be missed.
I think Master Bedroom is the painting of Wyeth's I'm most familiar with too - with the dog sleeping on the bed? It's in my veterinarian's waiting room. I love that one.
I didn't even realize he was still alive until I heard today he had passed away. He was a year older than my mother...
It's hard for me to stop staring at his work. Mesmerizing. Artists are fortunate in that they can leave behind a gift to the world. Good artists, that is. ;)
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