ANDREW WYETH AND THE DEATH OF LANDSCAPE.

ANDREW WYETH AND THE DEATH OF LANDSCAPE. This obituary for Andrew Wyeth, who died on January 16, reflects what has happened to landscape and other forms of realistic art. In his comments on Wyeth in the obituary, the dean of the Yale School of Art “raised doubts about his choice of subject matter” and said about Wyeth’s work that “It is in many ways a futile exercise, but he did it with great energy and conviction.”