Universal Appeal

Andrew Wyeth, the most successful and financial of modern American painters, has a quality and depth to his work that appeals to everyone. The colours are rich in his studies of the land and its people. An exhibition of reproductions of his work was staged in the Art Gallery for three weeks, and this was opened by Mr John Hutchison, public affairs officer at the American Embassy in Wellington.

Other works of Andrew Wyeth included in the exhibition were.

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He is pictured here with the gallery's relieving curator, Mrs M. E. Ratcliffe, and Wyeth's most famous painting, "Christina's World."

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"Young Fisherman And Dory."

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"Spindrift," painted in 1950.

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"Albert's Son," a study of one of nine motherless children.

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"Northern Point," a different angle to a familiar scene.

Prior to the Wyeth exhibition, a display of some of the gallery's permanent collection was on show and these included modern works, and some of an historical nature.

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"The Tangi," by Kennett Watkins, a lithographic print.

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"Kaiti, 1886," by Shakespeare Wilson

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"Rotomahana White Terrace, 1876," by Watkins.

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"Easter," by Gwen Ockenden.

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"Man With The Bowler Hat," by Les Johnson.