Christina's World is a 1948 painting by American painter Andrew Wyeth and one of the best-known American paintings of the mid-20th century. It is a tempera work done in a realist style, depicting a woman in an incline position on the ground in a treeless, mostly tawny field, looking up at a gray house on the horizon, a barn, and various other ...

2024年6月25日 · There was a real Christina—and Wyeth painted her frequently. Who is the woman in Andrew Wyeth's striking painting Christina’s World, and why is she sprawled in a field, looking longingly toward...

Set in the stark landscape of coastal Maine, Christina’s World depicts a young woman seen from behind, wearing a pink dress and lying in a grassy field.

2021年1月23日 · The woman in the painting is Anna Christina Olson (3 May 1893 – 27 January 1968). She probably suffered from Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease, a genetic polyneuropathy. Wyeth was inspired to create the painting when he saw her crawling across a field while he was watching from a window in the house.

2017年8月31日 · Why does “Christina’s World” evoke such strong feelings of nostalgia and disdain? A closer look at the story behind the painting reveals its troubling origins.

2019年8月8日 · Christina appears in several of the artist's paintings. There are three models here, actually. The figure's wasted limbs and pink dress belong to Christina Olson. The youthful head and torso, however, belong to Betsy Wyeth, who was then in her mid-20s (as opposed to Christina's then-mid-50s).

2022年7月29日 · The famous painting of a woman in a field refers to the painting by the American artist Andrew Wyeth called Christina’s World, which was created in 1948. The painting depicts Anne Christina Olson, who had a degenerative disease associated with polio and could not walk.

The artwork depicts a woman lying in a vast, open field, her body turned toward a weathered house in the distance, which is situated atop a slight hill. She appears to be gazing at the house, and her position on the ground suggests a sense of longing or contemplation.

2009年1月16日 · When I first saw it, I thought the painting was simply a romantic portrayal of a young girl/woman in a field in the summer. When I found out during an art history class who the girl is in the painting, and what she suffered from - it became a …

2024年1月8日 · Wyeth painted Christina’s World in 1948 in tempera, a medium he often worked in, and portrayed the young woman in an open field using the realist style. The painting is currently housed at the New York Museum of Modern Art and is recognized for its depiction of the struggles of a young woman named Anna Christina Olson.