Arts: Andrew Wyeth's "Christina's World" (1948) shows a woman…

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Did you know? Andrew Wyeth's "Christina's World" (1948) shows a woman in a yellow field looking toward a distant house. Christina was Wyeth's neighbour — she had polio and could not use her lower body. The painting is not a pretty moment but a portrait of her physical isolation.

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Andrew Wyeth's "Christina's World" (1948) shows a woman in a yellow field looking toward a distant house. Christina was Wyeth's neighbour — she had polio and could not use her lower body. The painting is not a pretty moment but a portrait of her physical isolation.

Andrew Wyeths "Christina's World" (1948) toont een vrouw in een geel veld die naar een verafgelegen huis kijkt. Christina was de buurvrouw van Wyeth — ze had polio en kon haar onderlichaam niet gebruiken. Het schilderij is geen mooi moment, maar een portret van haar lichamelijke isolatie.

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