Winter 1946

Winter 1946 is a 1946 painting by the American artist Andrew Wyeth. It depicts a boy running down a hill in the winter.

Winter 1946
Artist	Andrew Wyeth
Year	1946
Type	Tempera on board
Dimensions	79.7 cm × 121.9 cm (31​^3⁄8 in × 48 in)
Location	North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina

The painting is housed at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, North Carolina.[1]

Creation

According to the Wyeth, he worked on the painting for the whole winter of 1946. It was the first tempera painting he made after the death of his father, N. C. Wyeth, who was hit by a train. Andrew Wyeth said about the picture: "It was me, at a loss—that hand drifting in the air was my free soul, groping."[2] Behind the hill was the location where Wyeth's father had died. Wyeth said he regretted that he never had painted his father's portrait, but that "the hill finally became a portrait of him".[2]

References

1. "Winter 1946". North Carolina Museum of Art. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
2. Meryman, Richard (1965-05-14). "Andrew Wyeth: An Interview". Life. p. 110.