Christina's World
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Christina's World is a 1948 painting by American painter Andrew Wyeth and one of the best-known American paintings of the mid-20th century. It is a tempera work done in a realist style, depicting a wo
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Olson House (Cushing, Maine)
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Olson House is a 14-room Colonial farmhouse in Cushing, Maine. The house was made famous by its depiction in Andrew Wyeth's Christina's World. The house and its occupants, Christina and Alvaro Olson,
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…wife Betsy posed as the torso of the painting. Olson was 55 at the time Wyeth created the work. The house depicted in the painting is known as the Olson House in Cushing, Maine. It is open to the public, and operated by the Farnsworth Art Museum. It is a National Historic Landmark and has been restored to…
Olson House in 2018