![]() The exhibition includes approximately one hundred tempera paintings, watercolors, and drawings, many from the personal collection of Andrew and Betsy Wyeth. Rediscover the artist you thought you knew… var f_divname="mp3player" var f_width=133 var f_height=110 var f_file="Wyeth Overview,Wyeth Surrealism,Wyeth Memory,Wyeth Magic,Wyeth Portraits" var f_filetype="exhibitionMinutes" var f_title="Overview,Surrealism,Memory,Magic,Portraits" Listen to or download curator Kathy Foster's 5-part Podcast. The exhibition explores how Wyeth invests these objects with meaning, and how he will sometimes begin with figure subjects and then gradually paint people out of the picture, leaving the objects to tell the stories themselves. In Wyeth's work, objects transform metaphorically into portraits of friends, family, and even the artist himself. Though linked to the realist traditions of Winslow Homer, Thomas Eakins, and Edward Hopper, Wyeth often transcends literal transcription to move into the realm of memory and imagination, inviting viewers into a strange and wondrous world. ![]() Andrew Wyeth, one of America's most recognized and beloved artists, is the subject of a compelling retrospective that takes a fresh look at seven decades of accomplishment. ![]()
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