What is Andrew Wyeth?
[[File:Andrew Wyeth.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Wyeth in July 2007]] '''Andrew Newell Wyeth''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|w|aɪ|.|ɛ|θ}} {{respell|WY|eth}};<ref>{{cite web |url=http://inogolo.com/pronunciation/d1898/Andrew_Wyeth |title=Andrew Wyeth |publisher=inogolo |access-date=April 20, 2011 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110430044940/http://inogolo.com/pronunciation/d1898/Andrew_Wyeth| archive-date= April 30, 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref> July 12, 1917 – January 16, 2009) was an [[Americans|American]] visual artist, primarily a [[Realism|realist]] painter, working mostly in a [[Regionalism (art)|regionalist]] style. He was one of the best-known U.S. artists of the middle 20th century. Wyeth was born in [[Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania|Chadds Ford]], [[Pennsylvania]]. He was the youngest of [[N.C. Wyeth]]'s five children. His siblings included artists [[Henriette Wyeth]] and [[Carolyn Wyeth]] as well as [[inventor]] [[Nathaniel Wyeth (inventor)|Nathaniel Wyeth]]. In 1940, he married Betsy James, who would often model in his paintings. On January 16, 2009, Wyeth died in his sleep in Chadds Ford after a brief illness. He was 91 years old. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wyeth, Andrew}} [[Category:1917 births]] [[Category:2009 deaths]] [[Category:American painters]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in Pennsylvania]] [[Category:People from Pennsylvania]] [[Category:Congressional Gold Medal recipients]]