The Wyeth Family

      A third-generation American painter, James (Jamie) Wyeth was the son of artist Andrew Wyeth and grandson of artist N.C. Wyeth. He was born on the 6th of July 1946 in Wilmington, Delaware. Privately tutored at home and in the studio of his Aunt Carolyn Wyeth, he started a career in the arts at an early age and had his first show before his 21st year. His painting is known for its realism, like his father, with many of his paintings featuring landscapes around Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania and Cushing, Maine where he was raised. However, he departed from the family tradition in his participation in the National Guard from 1966 to 1971. This impacted his art as he would go on to do portraits of political and military figures. He is also well-known for his friendship with and portrait of Andy Warhol. Jamie Wyeth continues to paint and has had his work exhibited in museums across the country, including the National Gallery of Art, The National Portrait Gallery, The Museum of Modern Art, the Farnsworth Art Museum, The Morgan Library and Museum, and more. 

Credit to and for more information: JamieWyeth.com

Useful Websites

• ArtNet.com
  • ArtNet.com
  • An incredibly useful database, this resource provides brief biographical details of artists, along with extensive galleries of their work and auction information for their sales. The Ringling Museum has a subscription to this service, through which students on site can access this information for free.
• The Brandywine River Museum of Art
  • brandywine.org
  • This museum contains the largest collection of his grandfather's, N.C. Wyeth, art, but chronicles the family's artist tradition and houses a significant collection of his father's, Andrew Wyeth, and Jamie Wyeth's work as well. They hosted a retrospective of the artist's work in 2015.
• JamieWyeth.com
  • jamiewyeth.com
  • The official website of artist Jamie Wyeth, it contains detailed biographic information on the artist, as well as lists of exhibitions, galleries of recent and past work, and noteworthy commissions. 
• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • mfa.org
  • The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston hosted a recent retrospective of Jamie Wyeth's art. Their website contains extensive information on the artist and the exhibition, as well as information on the exhibition's publication and travel.