Andrew Wyeth was one of the most popular American painters of the
twentieth century. As a representational artist, Wyeth's paintings sharply contrasted with the prevailing
trend of abstraction that gained currency in American art in the middle of the twentieth century. Wyeth's art
reflected his deeply-felt response to the rural environment where he was raised as a child and his upbringing.
He used a palette mostly of earth colors and his technique was precise and detailed, yet he lifted his paintings
above photographic naturalism with an unreal, visionary quality. Wyeth's work reveals an underlying symbolism
and deep understanding of the abstract qualities of light, time, form, and space.