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Andrew Wyeth (1917–2009) was the youngest child in a large, talented family, descended from New England settlers, and the aesthetic heir to 19th-century realist masters Winslow Homer and Thomas Eakins. His genius as a painter was to extend and affirm American realism through great skill and reverence for his subject matter, despite the flowering of abstractionism during his life. His weedy and stark landscapes and portraits of weathered faces are among the most memorable American paintings of the 20th century. Here...Log In or Sign Up to Read More