![]() ![]() ![]() A 2006 exhibition of his works at the Philadelphia Museum of Art drew 177,000 visitors, the highest-ever attendance at the museum for a living artist. In the United States, he was the first artist to win the Presidential Freedom Award, presented by President John F. ![]() He was the first American artist since John Singer Sargent to be inducted into the French Academy of Fine Arts, and the first living American artist to have an exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, the statement said. He is perhaps best-known for his painting Christinas World (1948), currently in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. As the years passed his palette lightened up somewhat and late works contain hints of vibrant color. Wyeth, one of the best-known American painters, drew international recognition during his long career. Though Wyeth did a lot of portraitures, he is best known for interiors, still lifes and landscapes in which figures are largely absent Christinas World is the most notable exception. It was painted, like many of his other works, in egg tempera, a technique that he said forced him to slow down the execution of a painting. He is best known for “Christina’s World” (1948), in which a disabled woman appears to be striving to cross a largely empty landscape. Wyeth, who was 91, died in his sleep early in the morning, surrounded by his family and friends, after a brief illness, the museum said in a statement. Bush (L) with painter Andrew Wyeth (R) before Wyeth receives the 2007 National Medal of Arts in the East Room of the White House in Washington, November 15, 2007. ![]()
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