Christina's World is a 1948 painting by American painter Andrew Wyeth and one of the best-known American paintings of the mid-20th century. It is a tempera work done in a realist style, depicting a woman in an incline position on the ground in a treeless, mostly tawny field, looking up at a gray house on the horizon, a barn, and various other ...

Set in the stark landscape of coastal Maine, Christina’s World depicts a young woman seen from behind, wearing a pink dress and lying in a grassy field.

2022年7月29日 · Christina’s World (1948) by renowned American artist Andrew Wyeth is a famous painting of a young woman in a field, who appears to reach out into the distant horizon as she lays helpless on the ground. Often described as kitsch, pastoral, and nostalgic, this famous painting has remained a sentimental part of American art history that ...

2024年6月25日 · Who is the woman in Andrew Wyeth's striking painting Christina’s World, and why is she sprawled in a field, looking longingly toward a far-off farmhouse? For decades, these questions have...

2017年8月31日 · Almost 70 years after its creation (and a century after Wyeth’s birth, in Pennsylvania), critics and viewers alike remain at a standstill, unsure of where to place Wyeth among the post-war pantheon of Abstract Expressionists, Pop artists, and Minimalists. Why is it that Christina’s World evokes such strong feelings of nostalgia and disdain ...

2023年5月2日 · Christina’s World is a modest-sized genre scene, painted in high detail with egg tempera on board. Set in the stark, barren landscape of coastal Maine, it depicts a young woman seen from behind, wearing a pink dress and lying in a mown field.

2021年1月23日 · Christina's World is a 1948 painting by American painter Andrew Wyeth and one of the best-known American paintings of the middle 20th century. It is a tempera work done in a realist style, depicting a woman semi-reclining on the ground in a treeless, mostly tawny field, looking up at a gray house on the horizon; a barn and various other small ...

2019年8月8日 · Andrew Wyeth painted "Christina's World" in 1948. His father, N.C. Wyeth had been killed at a railway crossing just three years earlier, and Andrew's work underwent a significant change after the loss. His palette became muted, his landscapes barren, and his figures seemed plaintive.

Christina’s World, tempera painting on panel created in 1948 by American realist artist Andrew Wyeth. It became one of the most most popular paintings of the mid-20th century. Just as life seemed to be in Cushing, Maine, where many of his paintings were set, Wyeth’s style remained steady for more than fifty years.

2024年10月27日 · Despite its popularity, Andrew Wyeth’s painting of Anna Christina Olson is the only one of these paintings that isn’t currently on public display. Born in Chadd’s Ford, Pennsylvania, Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009) was the youngest child of famed Treasure Island illustrator N.C. Wyeth.