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N.C. Wyeth

1882-1945

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Newell Convers (N.C.) Wyeth ( WY əth) was encouraged to draw when he was a child. When he was about 20 years old he began working for a magazine, the Saturday Evening Post. They sent him to study southwest culture and for three months he lived among the Indians and herded sheep. He sketched and painted pictures to show what life was like among the Indians.

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The Indian in His Solitude
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Indian Drawing
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The Indian in His Solitude 1
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The Indian in His Solitude 3
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He married and he and his wife raised five children. Their son Andrew became one of America's foremost artists. Andrew, who was ill when he was a child, was homeschooled and his father taught him how to be an artist. Two more of their children, Henrietta and Carolyn, and also their grandson, Jamie, (Andrew's son) became artists. Jamie, when he was 21, painted a portrait of John F. Kennedy. Jamie had also been homeschooled and trained by his father.

N.C. studied with Howard Pyle, a man who gave free art lessons to students that he thought had a lot of artistic ability. Wyeth became a book illustrator. The first book he illustrated was Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island.

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Treasure Island
"One More Step, Mr. Hands"
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Treasure Island
The Old Seaman
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During his lifetime he drew and painted about 3,000 pictures and illustrated 112 books.

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The Passing of Robin Hood
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In the 1930's he began painting a set of large murals for a life insurance company, but he and one of his grandsons were both killed in a car accident in 1945. His son Andrew and his son-in-law finished the work.

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This biography was written by Patsy Stevens, a retired teacher.

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Paintings by Wyeth
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Wyeth Illustrations - Book, Robinson Crusoe

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Treasure Island: a young reader's edition
by Robert Louis Stevenson (selected pages) Order here

Kidnapped, a classic tale dramatised
by Keith West (selected pages) Order here

Westward Ho
by Charles Kingsley, illustrated by N.C. Wyeth 1920 (full view) Order here

Robinson Crusoe (Adapted for Young Readers)
by Mary Godolphin (selected pages) Order here

The Riverman
by Stewart Edward White, illustrated by N.C. Wyeth and Clarence F. Underwood 1904 (full view) Order here

The Treasure Chest of My Bookhouse (1920 Reader)
by Olive Beaupre Miller, cover illustration by N.C. Wyeth (full view) Order here

Letters of a Woman Homesteader
by Elinore Pruitt Stewart, illustrated by N.C. Wyeth 1914 (full view) Order here

Letters of a Woman Homesteader (Large Print Edition)
by Elinore Stewart (selected pages) Order here

Read more about Elinore Pruitt Stewart here

N.C. Wyeth's Pilgrims
by Robert D. San Souci, N.C. Wyeth (selected pages)

N.C. Wyeth: A Biography
by David Michaelis (selected pages)

Visions of Adventure: N.C. Wyeth and the Brandywine artists
by Howard Pyle, Newell Convers Wyeth, John Edward Dell, Walt Reed (selected pages)

Treasure Island (Young Reader's Edition)
by Lisa Norby, Robert Louis Stevenson (review, no preview)

Guide to the Homes of Famous Pennsylvanians: The Wyeth Family
by Arthur P. Miller, Jr., Marjorie L. Miller (selected pages)

Robinson Crusoe
by Daniel Defor, Illustrated by N.C. Wyeth (full view)

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drew
2011-02-28
The picture and information of NC Wyeth is great; what a beautiful picture, I am going to use it on a cadet night; and somehow integrate it into a story. Beautiful art.
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