“Christina’s World” by Andrew Wyeth of Pennsylvania. This painting depicts a young woman who has suffered from polio, crawling across a field. Wyeth wanted to communicate that to experience the world after such a loss could still be glorious. He said, “The challenge to me was to do justice to her extraordinary conquest of a life which most people would consider hopeless.” Â Wyeth was born on July 12, 1917.
Christina’s World by Andrew Wyeth
