Portrait of Mrs. N. C. Wyeth
Artist: Henriette Wyeth (American, 1907-1997)
Date: 1929
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: Brandywine Museum of Art, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, United States
Description
Henriette Wyeth’s talents as an artist were recognized as early as age sixteen when she began painting family members and receiving portrait commissions from prominent residents of Pennsylvania and Delaware. In this bold, beautifully designed depiction of her mother, Wyeth demonstrates her adoption of a Modernist decorative approach as well as her desire to express a connection with her subject.
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