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,
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