Image of a painting of the backside of a woman in a pink dress who is sitting with her legs to the left side and her hands reaching forward to the right as she appears to be crawling up a brown hill towards a house. Over this is brown shape with a small painting of a man with dark hair wearing a white shirt. Also there are the words "Andrew Wyeth Biography for Kids."
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Andrew Wyeth Biography for Kids

Hello there.  My name is Andrew Wyeth. I was born in 1917 in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, the youngest of five children. I was raised in a family dedicated to art. My father was a famous painter and illustrator of children’s books. Perhaps you’ve read one of the books N.C. Wyeth, my father, illustrated, like The Pilgrims, Treasure Island, or Kidnapped. My brothers and sisters became artists, engineers, and musicians, and a generation later my son, Jamie, has become an important artist. I guess you could say that art runs in the family! Because of my delicate health as a child,…

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