Death of Andrew Wyeth

July 12, 1917 - January 16, 2009
Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania | Age 91

American painter dies at 91
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By PATRICK WALTERS, Associated Press Writer

PHILADELPHIA – Artist Andrew Wyeth, who portrayed the hidden melancholy of the people and landscapes of Pennsylvania's Brandywine Valley and coastal Maine in works such as "Christina's World," died early Friday. He was 91.

Wyeth died in his sleep at his home in the Philadelphia suburb of Chadds Ford, according to Hillary Holland, a spokeswoman for the Brandywine River Museum.

The son of famed painter and book illustrator N...

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