Andrew Wyeth launched his career in 1937, at the age of twenty, with a sold-out exhibition of watercolors in New York. After that debut, his father, noted illustrator N.C. Wyeth (who also served as his art instructor and mentor) wrote him a congratulatory letter that prophesied, "You are headed in the direction that should finally reach the pinnacle in American art."
Indeed, he has. Widely acclaimed today as "America's Painter," Wyeth enjoys an international reputation as the preeminent realist of our time. He was the first living artist to be given major exhibitions at both the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Hermitage in St. Petersburg; shows of his work routinely draw hundreds of thousands of visitors around the world.
In 1998, the Greenville County Museum of Art established The Greenville Collection of paintings by Andrew Wyeth. The collection emphasizes watercolors of the artists family and friends, as well as landscapes of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, where he was born, and Cushing, Maine, his second home since childhood.
The Greenville Collection has been hailed by the artist as "the very best collection of my watercolors in any public museum in the country."
The collection also includes Wyeth's 1957 tempera, Hay Ledge.
These paintings are always on view.Please visit the Museum Shop page for Wyeth-related merchandise.
Indeed, he has. Widely acclaimed today as "America's Painter," Wyeth enjoys an international reputation as the preeminent realist of our time. He was the first living artist to be given major exhibitions at both the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Hermitage in St. Petersburg; shows of his work routinely draw hundreds of thousands of visitors around the world.
In 1998, the Greenville County Museum of Art established The Greenville Collection of paintings by Andrew Wyeth. The collection emphasizes watercolors of the artists family and friends, as well as landscapes of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, where he was born, and Cushing, Maine, his second home since childhood.
The Greenville Collection has been hailed by the artist as "the very best collection of my watercolors in any public museum in the country."
The collection also includes Wyeth's 1957 tempera, Hay Ledge.
These paintings are always on view.Please visit the Museum Shop page for Wyeth-related merchandise.
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