Born in 1907, the late Henriette Wyeth was the first of five children of the painter Newell Convers Wyeth and his wife, Carolyn. The family was a wellspring of talent. Three of the children became painters-Henriette, Carolyn and Andrew. Ann, a composer, later turned to painting and Nathaniel, matured as an innovative technological engineer. As all five grew into independence they married painters or writers, and many of their children in turn are artists. For all her life,