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But he told me a dog had bitten him, and said 'The critics have been biting me ever since'
James Wyeth's Nureyev portraits displayed Apr 18, 2002
He stopped pedestrians in their tracks, and he enjoyed all the attention
James Wyeth's Nureyev portraits displayed Apr 18, 2002
He would look at a drawing I was doing and speak out sharply, saying 'My foot is more beautiful than that,' though actually he had rather ugly feet
James Wyeth's Nureyev portraits displayed Apr 18, 2002
The fact that he was dancing was almost immaterial to me
James Wyeth's Nureyev portraits displayed Apr 18, 2002
Andrew Newell Wyeth (surname pronounced /ˈwаɪɛθ/) (July 12, 1917 – January 16, 2009) was a visual artist, primarily a realist painter, working predominantly in a regionalist style. He was one of the best-known U.S. artists of the middle 20th century and was sometimes referred to as the "Painter of the People," due to his work's popularity with the American public.
In his art, Wyeth's favorite subjects were the land and people around him, both in his hometown of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, and at his summer home in Cushing, Maine.
One of the most well-known images in 20th-century American art is his painting, Christina's World, currently in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.