S9.com / Biographies /
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
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
  | Page last updated: 10:03am, 19th Sep '06 |
