Art: Wyeth the Youngest

Somebody Up There is not distributing the talent very evenly. While many an artist is going mad trying to make a loft and a set of oils stretch into a career, the Wyeth family of Chadds Ford, Pa., moves imperturbably into its third generation of artistic luster. A new show at Swarthmore College, near Philadelphia, lets viewers see the romantic illustrations of Grandfather N. C. Wyeth (1882-1945), the universal evocations of Father Andrew (TIME cover, Dec. 27) and the prodigal realism of Andrew's son James, who is only 17.

At the opening of "Three...

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