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February 17, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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Anna Christina by Andrew Wyeth (American) - Tempera on panel / 1967 - Brandywine Museum of Art (Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania) #womeninart #art #temperapainting #fineart #AndrewWyeth #artwork #BrandywineMuseumofArt #womensart #portrait #portraitofawoman #tempera #wyeth #AmericanArtist #AmericanArt
American artist Andrew Wyeth first became acquainted with Anna Christina Olson and her brother Alvaro in 1939 after Betsy James (who became Wyeth’s wife the following year) brought the artist to the Olson home in Cushing, Maine. Christina became his muse for the next three decades, most famously portrayed in his popular 1948 work Christina’s World" at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Andrew Wyeth painted over 300 works of Christina Olson and her brother Alvaro, as well as their home in Maine. The paintings include watercolors, sketches, and temperas. Wyeth was inspired by the Olsons' generosity and trust in him. He was especially captivated by Christina's tenacity and intelligence and wanted to honor Christina's determination to live life to the fullest, despite her physical limitations This final portrait of Christina was painted just half a year before her death in January of 1968. It is remarkable in its bluntness, with her sidelong, inscrutable side-eye gaze conveying both her independence and implicit trust in the artist. She sits in a wooden chair facing left, but turning slightly to look directly at us. Christina wears a loos fit button-up yellowish beige shirt with muted multi-color dots plus a low cut and wide collar. Her straight shoulder-length brown hair shows signs of aging as do the wrinkles and shadows on her face. Christina’s passing, along with that of her brother just one month earlier, brought an end to Wyeth’s focus on the Olson family and property, and prompted him to search for new subjects.
March 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM