Posted October 22, 2020
Today is the birthday of, not just today's famous visual artist, but also three other visual artists I've written about: Paul Raud and Kristjan Raud and N.C. Wyeth. (See "Also on this date" below.)
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| Above, Kristjan Raud Below, Paul Raud |
Did you notice that Paul and Kristjan Raud
shared the same last name? Well, of course they did - they were twins!
shared the same last name? Well, of course they did - they were twins!
Did you notice that N.C. Wyeth and Henriette Wyeth Hurd ALSO share a last name?
Not twins! But Henriette Wyeth Hurd was N.C. Wyeth's eldest daughter - and she happened to have been born on his birthday!
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| Above, N.C. Wyeth Below, Henriette Wyeth Hurd |
Not twins! But Henriette Wyeth Hurd was N.C. Wyeth's eldest daughter - and she happened to have been born on his birthday!
Three of N.C. Wyeth's five children became artists. Henriette had obstacles in her way - like getting polio and losing full use of her right hand! She ended up learning to draw with her left hand and paint with her right.
Still, Henriette Wyeth Hurd was considered a child prodigy. She was homeschooled, but she enrolled in a "normal" arts school (a school meant for high-school graduates who intend to become teachers) - AT AGE 13! She enrolled at Boston Museum of Art Academy at age 14. She went away from her family to live and study at the Pennsylvania School of Fine Arts when she was just 15 - and that's the age when she got her first commission (pay) to paint a portrait. By age 16, Hurd was already becoming well known as a portrait painter and was receiving a steady stream of commissions!
After Hurd married, she and her husband moved to New Mexico. They lived on a farm and raised three kids - and Hurd continued to make art.
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