Skip to main content
Carolyn Wyeth
(American, 1909 - 1994)
Up from the Woods
1974
28 1/8 × 34 1/4 in. (71.4 × 87 cm)
84.3
Purchased with Museum funds, 1984
Not on view
The second child of Wyeth family of artists, Carolyn Wyeth was the last of the family members to live in the N. C. Wyeth House, which she paints here from an unusual point of view. From a vantage point nestled deep in the woods below her home, the house is only partly revealed. Her style is strikingly modern, often glossing over details and choosing off-kilter compositions, and in many ways reflective of her eccentric personality. She valued solitude and spent most of her career painting scenes reflecting her homes in Pennsylvania and Maine as well as their close surroundings.
