American realist artist and illustrator, Newell Convers Wyeth (1882-1945), was one of America's greatest illustrators whose illustrations were designed to be quickly understood, created over 3,000 paintings and illustrated 112 books, 25 of which were for the Simon & Schuster Scribner Illustrated Classic. Born in Needham, Massachusetts, his grandparents and parents came from Switzerland where his mother met great men of letters and raised his son with a particular interest in ...
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