Which American painter created the 1948 painting Christina's World?

Which American painter created the 1948 painting Christina's World? Andrew Wyeth created it.

Wyeth painted the work in egg tempera on a gessoed panel, portraying a woman lying in a dry Maine field and looking toward a distant farmhouse. The setting is the Olson House in Cushing, Maine, where Wyeth spent summers and became friendly with the Olson family.

The woman was Anna Christina Olson, who had a degenerative muscular disorder and could not walk. Wyeth reportedly saw her crawling across the field, an experience that inspired the painting. However, his wife, Betsy Wyeth, posed for the figure's torso, so Olson was the subject and inspiration rather than the sole physical model.

Christina's World first appeared at the Macbeth Gallery in Manhattan in 1948. The Museum of Modern Art acquired it that year for $1,800, and it gradually became one of the most recognizable images in American art. A common mix-up is assuming the scene is purely fictional: the landscape is based on a real Maine property, although Wyeth rearranged elements of the house and terrain for artistic effect.