Of their close relationship, Wyeth has said: "Quite simply, Andrew Wyeth is my closest friend-and the painter whose work I most admire. He also developed an offbeat sense of humor, sometimes veering to the macabre.įor at least three years in the early 1960s, when Wyeth was in his middle to late teens, Wyeth painted with his father. While Jamie's work in watercolor was similar to his father's, his colors were more vivid.Īs a boy, Jamie was exposed to art in many ways: the works of his talented family members, art books, attendance at exhibitions, meeting with collectors, and becoming acquainted with art historians. Carolyn Wyeth and Howard Pyle were his greatest early influences in developing his technique in working with oil paint. It wasn't interesting, but it was important." Through his aunt, Jamie developed an interest in working with oil painting, a medium he enjoyed at a sensory level: the look, smell and feel of it. He stated later, "She was very restrictive. In the morning he studied English and history at his home, and in the afternoon joined other students at the studio, learning fundamentals of drawing and composition. Wyeth House and Studio, filled with the art work and props of his grandfather.
His brother Nicholas would later become an art dealer.Īt age 12, Jamie studied with his aunt Carolyn Wyeth, a well-known artist in her own right, and the resident at that time of the N. He attended public school for six years and then, at his request was privately tutored at home, so he could concentrate on art. He demonstrated the same remarkable skills in drawing as his father had done at comparable ages. He was raised on his parents' farm "The Mill" in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, in much the same way as his father had been brought up, and with much the same influences. James Wyeth is the second child of Andrew and Betsy Wyeth, born three years after brother Nicholas, his only sibling. He was raised in Chadds Ford Township, Pennsylvania, and is artistic heir to the Brandywine School tradition - painters who worked in the rural Brandywine River area of Delaware and Pennsylvania, portraying its people, animals, and landscape. James Browning Wyeth (born July 6, 1946) is a contemporary American realist painter, son of Andrew Wyeth, and grandson of N.C.
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