Victoria wyeth biography
Victoria Wyeth: Art in Action - The Hunt Magazine.
Victoria wyeth biography
Victoria Browning Wyeth, the only grandchild of iconic artist Andrew Wyeth, is the daughter of Nicholas and Jane Wyeth. Her father is a private art dealer, and her mother is an art advisor who was trained as an art historian.
Ms. Wyeth is the great-granddaughter of illustrator N.C. Wyeth and the niece of contemporary realist Jamie Wyeth.
The summer after Ms. Wyethâs sophomore year in high school, she began working at the Farnsworth Art Museum, near her familyâs summer home in Maine as a docent for their Andrew Wyeth Collection.
Before starting her first summer job, the young docent interviewed her grandfather at length about each of his works on view. When she couldnât answer someoneâs question during her tour, sheâd visit the artist when she returned home to hear the correct answer.
Unlike other speakers on the work of Andrew and Jamie Wyeth, Ms. Wyethâs years of conversations with the artists about their work give her talks a unique perspective.
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