
Henriette Wyeth
Represented by Park West Gallery
Biography
Henriette Wyeth was an exceptionally talented artist celebrated for her portraits and still life paintings. Born in Wilmington, Delaware, in 1907, she learned to paint at an early age in the studio of her father, renowned illustrator N.C. Wyeth, alongside her brother Andrew Wyeth. She furthered her education at Normal Art School in Boston and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. In 1929, she married artist Peter Hurd and relocated to his native New Mexico.
Throughout her career, Wyeth received numerous awards for her work, including prizes from the Wilmington Society of Fine Arts and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Her paintings have been exhibited at prestigious institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Roswell Museum and Art Center in New Mexico.
Her works are held in permanent collections at the Wilmington Society of Fine Arts, Chadds Ford Museum in Pennsylvania, New Britain Museum of American Art in Connecticut, Roswell Museum and Art Center, and Texas Technical University Museum in Lubbock. Henriette Wyeth is represented by Park West Gallery, where collectors can appreciate her masterful contributions to American art.
Biography compiled by Your Art Vault from Park West Gallery’s published artist information and other public sources.