![]() Wyeth believed in the ability of ordinary things to carry symbolism, "profound meaning," and rich emotion. Images of the sketch overlapping Olson and other studies in various materials are present in Anderson and Brock's Andrew Wyeth: looking out, looking in that shows Wyeth's exploration of the drapery and composition. ![]() įollowing the initial sketch, Wyeth spent months making studies of the window in various materials. In an attempt to capture the moment, he made a sketch on the same sheet of paper he had been using to draw Olson. After opening a dormer window to cool down the attic he was working in, Wyeth was inspired by the way the incoming breeze brought life to the tattered curtains. Christina Olson was a frequent model for Wyeth, and would famously appear in the painting Christina's World about a year later. The window was located in an abandoned room on the third floor. The house belonged to Wyeth's friends Christina and Alvaro Olson who lived on the coast of Maine. The painting is housed at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., but is not on view. It depicts an inside view of an open attic window as the wind blows the thin and tattered curtains into the room. Wind from the Sea is a 1947 painting by the American artist Andrew Wyeth. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. ![]() ![]() Painting by Andrew Wyeth Wind from the Sea ![]()
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