Wyeth, Newell Convers

1882- Born in Needham, Massachusetts

1903 - left Massachusetts at 21 to study art with the famous illustrator Howard Pyle

1917 - father of Andrew Wyeth

1903-1945
- had a resolutely naturalistic style which brought him come up with narrative painting and illustrations and became famous for it

- his major work was the illustrations of 25 juvenile classics

- also made Tom Sawyer, Treasure Island, and Robinson Crusoe-Charles Scribner’s Sons

1945- died in an automobile accident with accomplishments of more than 3,000 illustrations, numerous vast murals, and a great many still life and landscape painting