![]() ![]() Illustrated in color are more than 240 works centering on Wyeth’s one model, Helga Testdorf, a neighbor of the artist in Chadds Ford, Pa. Abrams Inc., $40) by John Wilmerding, deputy director of the National Gallery of Art. ![]() The exhibition also has spawned the book Andrew Wyeth: The Helga Pictures (Harry N. 27 at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., surely will come away with the feeling that they have been witness to the most sensitive and sensual artist/model liaison of all time. Yet, those fortunate enough to see the exhibition “Andrew Wyeth: The Helga Pictures,” through Sept. The striking, theatrical woman inspired Picasso’s interest in cubism and the artist often altered her face in paintings and sculptures to resemble African masks and ancient Iberian sculptures. Perhaps his dearest was swarthy Fernande Oliver. Pablo Picasso, the venerable Spanish modernist who changed 20th century art more than any other single force, had numerous models and lovers. ![]()
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