She died in 1994 at age 84.Ī retrospective of her paintings and drawings spanning 40 years is on display at the Brandywine River Museum in the exhibition, “Unique Force: The Art of Carolyn Wyeth.” Her first exhibition in thirty years, it runs through March 15.īeginning in the early 1940s, Carolyn also taught art in the area. Instead, the artist concentrated on images of animals and the melancholy landscape around the Chadds Ford home and studio she inherited from her parents. Wyeth.Īn admirer of Henry David Thoreau, Wyeth lived alone, shunning publicity, parties, and people.
Known as the unbridled eccentric and most reclusive member of her famously artistic family, Carolyn endlessly rebelled against ambition as well as the standards and expectations of her “larger than life” father, illustrator N.C. Delve into the persona of Carolyn Wyeth and you’ll find a feisty, willful nature as well as a sensitive soul.
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