The Wyeths: Three Generations, Works from the Bank of America Collection

The Wyeths: Three Generations | Works from the Bank of America Collection

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May 23-August 24, 2025

For three generations, the Wyeths have created art that captures the imagination and admiration of a wide audience. This exhibition presents more than sixty paintings, drawings and illustrations by N. C. (Newell Converse) Wyeth, his son Andrew Wyeth, his daughter Henriette and his grandson Jamie Wyeth.

N. C. Wyeth (1882–1945) has long been considered one of the nation’s leading illustrators. In the early 1900s, he studied with illustrator Howard Pyle in Delaware. In 1911, he built a house and studio in nearby Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. Later, he bought a sea captain’s house in Maine and in 1931 built a small studio, which he shared with his son Andrew and his daughters. The exhibition includes illustrations for books by Robert Louis Stevenson and Washington Irving as well as historical scenes, seascapes and landscapes.

Henriette Wyeth (1907-1997) was the oldest child of N.C. Wyeth and his wife, Carolyn Bockius. A professional artist, she married one of her father’s pupils and settled in the Southwest. Her paintings represent a personal response to her subjects and her paintings of flowers and children express the fragile nature of beauty and life. Like her father, she painted primarily in oil and incorporated a wide range of color into her work. The exhibition includes examples of her portraits of family members and still life paintings.

Andrew Wyeth (1917 – 2009) remains one of the United States’ most popular artists, and his paintings follow the American Realist tradition, which includes Winslow Homer. He was influenced by the works of Homer, whose watercolor technique he admired, as well as by the art of Howard Pyle and his father. While Andrew paints recognizable images, his use of line and space often imbue his works with an underlying abstract quality. The exhibition includes important works from the 1970s and 1980s as well as more recent paintings.

Jamie Wyeth (b. 1946), like his father and grandfather, has painted subjects of everyday life, in particular the landscape, animals and people of Pennsylvania and Maine. In contrast to his father—who painted with watercolor, drybrush and tempera—Jamie works in oil and mixed media, creating lush, painterly surfaces. Eighteen paintings represent all periods of his career.

This exhibition has been loaned through the Bank of America Art in our Communities® program

Join us for Art Unboxed with special guest, Dr. Andrew Walker, May 23, 12-2pm. Click Here to Register. Art Unboxed is the Art Museum’s lecture and lunch series. visitors are invited to hear from guest speakers and enjoy a boxed lunch in the H-E-B Theater. The lecture is open to all for the price of admission. To enjoy a boxed lunch by WaterStreet Catering guests must register by 4pm Monday, May 19. Lunch registrations includes admission.

ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION

Photo Restriction: Photography allowed in the exhibition (no flash, no tripods)
Touch Restriction: Non-touch exhibition
Exhibition Language(s): English
Potential Challenges for Visitors With:

• Sensitivity to nudity – some works depict nude human figures
• Sensitivity to violence – some works depict war and terrorism

For questions or more information, please contact: clayton.reuter@tamucc.edu