Keynote Lecture: A Conversation with Artist Jamie Wyeth

Jamie Wyeth comes from a family of artists, including his grandfather, the illustrator Newell Convers Wyeth (1992-1945); his father, painter Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009); and his aunt, Caroline Wyeth Hurd (1909-1994). He was encouraged to seriously pursue art at a young age, but never attended art school. Instead, he left school at the age of 11 and received instruction at home from his aunt, a Surrealist painter, with critical guidance from his father. Later, Wyeth studied anatomy by sketching cadavers in a New York City morgue, and worked with Andy Warhol in the Factory. His strain of realism has consequently evolved in directions that are significantly different from that of his grandfather and father. Elliot Davis, Curator of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, organized the Jamie Wyeth retrospective. Join Davis as she conducts a lively onstage conversation with Wyeth about his career, his art, and his fascination with gulls and chickens.