N.C. Wyeth
1882-1945
BORN IN
Needham, Massachusetts
KNOWN FOR
Book illustrator, murals, painting
NAME VARIATIONS
N C Wyeth, Newell Convers Wyeth
The following is from The New York Times online edition, 1/25/2001:
N.C. Wyeth (1882-1945), America’s greatest illustrator as well as an accomplished easel painter, dedicated his career to depicting American subjects in a fresh, energetic manner uninfluenced by European art – “true, solid American subjects – nothing foreign about them,” as he put it in 1903.
Reflecting times in which unconditional loyalty to country was taken for granted and the American flag was a sacred symbol of freedom, N.C. executed works that encapsulated those very American qualities.
