Andrew Wyeth and the artist's fragile reputation
- Written by Henry Adams, Ruth Coulter Heede Professor of Art History, Case Western Reserve University
Andrew Wyeth stands by a creek on his Chadd's Ford, Pennsylvania property in 1964.AP Photo/Bill IngrahamI vividly recall my first encounter with Andrew Wyeth’s art when I was 14 years old, in the dingy galleries of Harvard’s Fogg Art Museum.
While giants like Picasso painted a world of artistic contrivance, Wyeth seemed to directly...