Andrew Wyeth
Andrew Wyeth
Andrew Newell Wyethwas a visual artist, primarily a realist painter, working predominantly in a regionalist style. He was one of the best-known U.S. artists of the middle 20th century...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth12 July 1917
CityChadds Ford, PA
CountryUnited States of America
aim mediums
My aim is to escape from the medium with which I work.
player mirrors lines
There's a quote from Hamlet that is my guide... He tells the players not to exaggerate but to hold a mirror up to nature. Don't overdo it, don't underdo it. Do it just on the line.
anybody secretive somebody watch watching
I'm a secretive bastard. I would never let anybody watch me painting... it would be like somebody watching you have sex - painting is that personal to me.
american-artist bit fly foot work
I can't work completely out of my imagination. I must put my foot in a bit of truth; and then I can fly free.
aloud american-artist became history tales wonderful
I surrendered to a world of my imagination, reenacting all those wonderful tales my father would read aloud to me. I became a very active reader, especially history and Shakespeare.