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Andrew Wyeth & Family

Perhaps the best-known of living American artists, Andrew Wyeth is a critically acclaimed realist painter whose career has spanned more than 60 years. Wyeth's subjects are primarily the human figure, often set in the landscapes of Pennsylvania's Brandywine Valley. This exhibition is largely composed of works featuring Helga Testorf, Wyeth's neighbor in Chadds Ford.

Naples Museum of Art

January 21 - May 14, 2006

(Andrew Wyeth is arguably the 20th century's greatest Realist painter. For the purposes of this rather sweeping generalization, I'm going to omit any comparison to painters like Hopper or Hockney, who are representational but not Realist in the same sense. Lovers of Realist art should also check out the museum's exhibition of works by Claudio Bravo: January 21 - April 16, 2006.)