The Wyeths: America's Artists January 26, 2011

The Wyeths - rarely has American art spawned a family of such artistic talent and renown. The Kalamazoo Institute of Arts presents an exhibition of works by three generations of artists in the Wyeth family - N.C. Wyeth (1882-1945), an illustrator and painter, Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009), known by many as "America's Painter," Andrew's sisters, Henriette Wyeth Hurd (1907-1997) and Carolyn Wyeth (1909-1994), and Andrew's son Jamie Wyeth (b. 1946). All have explored the people and landscapes around Chadd's Ford, Pennsylvania, where N.C. Wyeth established the family's home, and Cushing, Maine, where N.C. purchased a summer home. The exhibition will include approximately 90 works of art. The paintings (oils, tempera, and watercolor) and drawings are being borrowed from the Farnsworth Art Museum, Brandywine River Museum, Terra Foundation for American Art, and three private lenders.