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The 100 Most Famous Newell Convers Wyeth Paintings, Each One of a Kind

Updated oktober 2026 · ranked by our popularity score (searches, visits and orders for each work) · 280 works by Newell Convers Wyeth in our catalogue

In short

The Giant is the Newell Convers Wyeth painting that draws the most eyes. After it, the eye goes to The Governor, Infuriated by the Attack Upon Him, Thundered Stand Where You Are, or, on My Oath, My Men Shall Cut You Down (1929) and heidi (1940). Among the 280 works of Newell Convers Wyeth in our catalog, these 100 are the most famous, each a unique original presented with its year, its museum and the reason it endures.

1882 – 1945, Needham Regionalism Most works: Brandywine Museum of Art

Top 10 paintings by Newell Convers Wyeth, through the gallery's eye

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The Giant by Newell Convers Wyeth

The Giant

Oil

The painting The Giant is a masterpiece created by the renowned American artist, N.C Wyeth. Born in 1882, N.C Wyeth was an illustrator and painter who gained fame for his works depicting scenes from classic literature and historical events. His style is characterized by vivid colors, dramatic lighting, and strong narrative quality. The Artist's Background N.C Wyeth was a prominent figure in the American art scene during the early 20th…

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The Governor, Infuriated by the Attack Upon Him, Thundered Stand Where You Are, or, on My Oath, My Men Shall Cut You Down (1929) by Newell Convers Wyeth

The Governor, Infuriated by the Attack Upon Him, Thundered Stand Where You Are, or, on My Oath, My Men Shall Cut You Down

1929 · Oil On Canvas

The air in the room feels heavy, thick with the scent of old wood and the metallic tang of unsheathed steel. A long dining table stretches across the center, a wooden stage for a sudden eruption of fury. Figures crowd the space, their bodies leaning into a storm of words and gestures. Shadows stretch long and deep across the stone walls, cast by the flickering light of overhead chandeliers. Every…

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We Must Be in The Dungeons, Dick Remarked (1916) by Newell Convers Wyeth

We Must Be in The Dungeons, Dick Remarked

1916 · Oil On Canvas

We Must Be in The Dungeons, Dick Remarked is an oil on canvas work by N.C. Wyeth, executed in 1916. This piece functions as a narrative illustration for the novel The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses. The composition captures a specific moment of tension as Dick Shelton descends into a dungeon via a steep set of stone steps.

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In the Council Lodge (1919) by Newell Convers Wyeth

In the Council Lodge

1919 · Oil

The scene unfolds within the quiet, shadowed confines of a gathering space in 1919. In this work, titled In the Council Lodge, N.C. Wyeth captures a moment of profound stillness and communal purpose. The air seems to hold the weight of unspoken words as Native American men occupy the lodge, their presence filling the space with a sense of gravity and tradition.

Newell Convers Wyeth's famous paintings, numbers 11 to 100

11Mending Traps, Martinsville, Maine (1934) by Newell Convers WyethMending Traps, Martinsville, Maine1934 12Thanksgiving with Indians (1940) by Newell Convers WyethThanksgiving with Indians1940 · Brandywine Museum of Art 13I had met my equal by Newell Convers WyethI had met my equal 14Beginning of the American Union Washington Salutes the Flag as He Takes Command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, 1775 by Newell Convers WyethBeginning of the American Union Washington Salutes the Flag as He Takes Command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, 1775 15The Great Blue Heron by Newell Convers WyethThe Great Blue Heron 16The Dance Of The Whooping Cranes by Newell Convers WyethThe Dance Of The Whooping Cranes 17Come, Live With Us, For I Think Thou Art Chosen by Newell Convers WyethCome, Live With Us, For I Think Thou Art Chosen 18Moving Camp (1908) by Newell Convers WyethMoving Camp1908 · Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 19"The eight miners followed the treacherous trail cautiously, the wind whipping the red and blue into their faces." (1906) by Newell Convers Wyeth"The eight miners followed the treacherous trail cautiously, the wind whipping the red and blue into their faces."1906 · Brandywine Museum of Art 20And Sarched For 'em Far And Near by Newell Convers WyethAnd Sarched For 'em Far And Near 21Attack On The Stockade by Newell Convers WyethAttack On The Stockade 22Think What Might Happen If It Was Not Protected By Those Hills by Newell Convers WyethThink What Might Happen If It Was Not Protected By Those Hills 23Illustration For Drums by Newell Convers WyethIllustration For Drums 24untitled (4813) by Newell Convers Wyethuntitled (4813) 25untitled (996) by Newell Convers Wyethuntitled (996) 26untitled (6365) by Newell Convers Wyethuntitled (6365) 27untitled (8618) by Newell Convers Wyethuntitled (8618) 28untitled (7516) by Newell Convers Wyethuntitled (7516) 29untitled (1699) by Newell Convers Wyethuntitled (1699) 30untitled (4393) by Newell Convers Wyethuntitled (4393) 31untitled (6855) by Newell Convers Wyethuntitled (6855) 32The Duck Hunt by Newell Convers WyethThe Duck Hunt 33Gavotte by Newell Convers WyethGavotte 34untitled (3048) by Newell Convers Wyethuntitled (3048) 35untitled (2963) by Newell Convers Wyethuntitled (2963) 36Rubber From The Jungle To The World by Newell Convers WyethRubber From The Jungle To The World 37The Youth. Master by Newell Convers WyethThe Youth. Master 38The Frontiersman by Newell Convers WyethThe Frontiersman 39The Husking Bee by Newell Convers WyethThe Husking Bee 40At First, For Some Time, I Was Not Able To Answer Him One Word by Newell Convers WyethAt First, For Some Time, I Was Not Able To Answer Him One Word 41And Thus I Every Now And Then Took A Little Voyage Upon The Sea by Newell Convers WyethAnd Thus I Every Now And Then Took A Little Voyage Upon The Sea 42I Thank Him For The Knowledge That- I Shall Not Tell by Newell Convers WyethI Thank Him For The Knowledge That- I Shall Not Tell 430 by Newell Convers Wyeth0 44sir launcelot by Newell Convers Wyethsir launcelot 45untitled (2201) by Newell Convers Wyethuntitled (2201) 46Ringing Out Liberty by Newell Convers WyethRinging Out Liberty 47untitled (9924) by Newell Convers Wyethuntitled (9924) 48Carvers Of The Sphinx by Newell Convers WyethCarvers Of The Sphinx 49untitled (2876) by Newell Convers Wyethuntitled (2876) 50And Then He Kneeled Down Again, Kissed The Ground, And Taking Me By The Foot, Set My Foot Upon His Head by Newell Convers WyethAnd Then He Kneeled Down Again, Kissed The Ground, And Taking Me By The Foot, Set My Foot Upon His Head 51One January Afternoon by Newell Convers WyethOne January Afternoon 52It Was Such A Warm Little House, There,' Said She, Huskily by Newell Convers WyethIt Was Such A Warm Little House, There,' Said She, Huskily 53The Moose Hunters by Newell Convers WyethThe Moose Hunters 54The Cowboy's Life by Newell Convers WyethThe Cowboy's Life 55Adventurers by Newell Convers WyethAdventurers 56Dawn Of The Open Season by Newell Convers WyethDawn Of The Open Season 57I Reaped It My Way, For I Cut Nothing Off But The Ears, And Carried It Away In A Great Basket Which I Had Made by Newell Convers WyethI Reaped It My Way, For I Cut Nothing Off But The Ears, And Carried It Away In A Great Basket Which I Had Made 58We're On Our Way by Newell Convers WyethWe're On Our Way 59Sure, It's Professor Grid To The Life! by Newell Convers WyethSure, It's Professor Grid To The Life! 60the white company by Newell Convers Wyeththe white company 61Odysseus And Calypso by Newell Convers WyethOdysseus And Calypso 62Sweet Land Of Liberty by Newell Convers WyethSweet Land Of Liberty 63They Took Their Wives With Them On Their Cruises by Newell Convers WyethThey Took Their Wives With Them On Their Cruises 64The Story Of Salt by Newell Convers WyethThe Story Of Salt 65Louise Loved To Climb To The Summit On One Of The Barren Hills Flanking The River, And Stand There While The Wind Blew by Newell Convers WyethLouise Loved To Climb To The Summit On One Of The Barren Hills Flanking The River, And Stand There While The Wind Blew 66Gathering Maple Sap by Newell Convers WyethGathering Maple Sap 67Pioneers - The Opening Of The Prairies by Newell Convers WyethPioneers - The Opening Of The Prairies 68Lumber by Newell Convers WyethLumber 69The Man of Wales by Newell Convers WyethThe Man of Wales 70Captain Smollet Defies the Mutineers (1911) by Newell Convers WyethCaptain Smollet Defies the Mutineers1911 71two knights dueling (1917) by Newell Convers Wyethtwo knights dueling1917 72The Boy Columbus on the Wharf at Genoa (The Vision of Columbus) (1917) by Newell Convers WyethThe Boy Columbus on the Wharf at Genoa (The Vision of Columbus)1917 73The Deacon and Parson Skeeters In the tail of a game of Draw (Draw Poker The Poker Players) (1912) by Newell Convers WyethThe Deacon and Parson Skeeters In the tail of a game of Draw (Draw Poker The Poker Players)1912 74pyles barn (1921) by Newell Convers Wyethpyles barn1921 75Elizabeth and Essex, untitled headpiece illustration (1928) by Newell Convers WyethElizabeth and Essex, untitled headpiece illustration1928 · Brandywine Museum of Art 76untitled (6592) by Newell Convers Wyethuntitled (6592) 77The Savage Gave the Yell (1927) by Newell Convers WyethThe Savage Gave the Yell1927 78The Hurricane (1935) by Newell Convers WyethThe Hurricane1935 79River of Sleep (1937) by Newell Convers WyethRiver of Sleep1937 80Ramona (Ramona and Alessandro on the narrow trail) (1939) by Newell Convers WyethRamona (Ramona and Alessandro on the narrow trail)1939 81The Lobsterman (The Doryman) (1944) by Newell Convers WyethThe Lobsterman (The Doryman)1944 · Metropolitan Museum of Art 82buttonwood farm (1920) by Newell Convers Wyethbuttonwood farm1920 · Reading Public Museum 83Black Spruce Ledge by Newell Convers WyethBlack Spruce Ledge 84Indian Love Call by Newell Convers WyethIndian Love Call 85Life Mask Of John Keats by Newell Convers WyethLife Mask Of John Keats 86Smokey Face by Newell Convers WyethSmokey FaceBrigham Young University Museum of Art 87untitled (4675) by Newell Convers Wyethuntitled (4675) 88untitled (2617) by Newell Convers Wyethuntitled (2617) 89untitled (1164) by Newell Convers Wyethuntitled (1164) 90untitled (6464) by Newell Convers Wyethuntitled (6464) 91untitled (4059) by Newell Convers Wyethuntitled (4059) 92untitled (1855) by Newell Convers Wyethuntitled (1855) 93untitled (1734) by Newell Convers Wyethuntitled (1734) 94The Moose Call by Newell Convers WyethThe Moose Call 95untitled (5364) by Newell Convers Wyethuntitled (5364) 96untitled (8870) by Newell Convers Wyethuntitled (8870) 97untitled (3858) by Newell Convers Wyethuntitled (3858) 98untitled (6808) by Newell Convers Wyethuntitled (6808) 99untitled (894) by Newell Convers Wyethuntitled (894) 100untitled (8195) by Newell Convers Wyethuntitled (8195)

The subjects that held Newell Convers Wyeth's eye

The four subjects that come back most often in these originals, each with its finest example.

The museums that keep Newell Convers Wyeth's originals

The 6 museums that hold the most of the paintings on this page.

Museum City Works by Newell Convers Wyeth Paintings from this list
Brandywine Museum of Art, Delaware CountyBrandywine Museum of Art Delaware County 3 Thanksgiving with Indians, "The eight miners followed the treacherous trail cautiously, the wind whipping the red and blue into their faces.", Elizabeth and Essex, untitled headpiece illustration
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, HoustonMuseum of Fine Arts, Houston Houston 2 Sheep Herder, Moving Camp
Delaware Art MuseumDelaware Art Museum 1 Stand away from that girl!
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkMetropolitan Museum of Art New York 1 The Lobsterman (The Doryman)
Reading Public Museum, ReadingReading Public Museum Reading 1 buttonwood farm
Brigham Young University Museum of Art, ProvoBrigham Young University Museum of Art Provo 1 Smokey Face

Newell Convers Wyeth across the decades: one unique original for each

Works per decade

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Newell Convers Wyeth's paintings: questions for the gallery

What is the single most famous work of Newell Convers Wyeth?Reveal the answer

The Giant. The Governor, Infuriated by the Attack Upon Him, Thundered Stand Where You Are, or, on My Oath, My Men Shall Cut You Down (1929) and heidi (1940) come next.

Which ten paintings by Newell Convers Wyeth are the most famous?Reveal the answer

The Giant, The Governor, Infuriated by the Attack Upon Him, Thundered Stand Where You Are, or, on My Oath, My Men Shall Cut You Down, heidi, We Must Be in The Dungeons, Dick Remarked, In the Council Lodge, The Cowboy's Life, Roping Horses in the Corral, Sheep Herder, Stand away from that girl! and Ayrton's Fight With The Pirates. The ranking above gives each one's year and museum.

How many works by Newell Convers Wyeth are known?Reveal the answer

Our catalog holds 280 works by Newell Convers Wyeth, dated from 1904 to 1944.

Where can the most famous Newell Convers Wyeth originals be seen?Reveal the answer

Mostly in Brandywine Museum of Art (Delaware County), Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (Houston) and Delaware Art Museum. The museum table above lists them all.

During which period did Newell Convers Wyeth create the best-known paintings?Reveal the answer

In 1910s: 8 of the 100 works on this page were made then, We Must Be in The Dungeons, Dick Remarked among them.

Which famous Newell Convers Wyeth painting is the earliest, and which the latest?Reveal the answer

On this page, the earliest is Roping Horses in the Corral (1904) and the latest The Lobsterman (The Doryman) (1944).

What subjects did Newell Convers Wyeth favour?Reveal the answer

Landscape (6), American west (5) and American art (5), across the 100 works on this page.

What materials did Newell Convers Wyeth paint with most?Reveal the answer

Oil On Canvas, for 3 of the 100 works on this page.

Which movement does the work of Newell Convers Wyeth belong to?Reveal the answer

Regionalism and Contemporary realism, judging by the originals on this page.

What Newell Convers Wyeth originals can I see at the Brandywine Museum of Art?Reveal the answer

Thanksgiving with Indians, "The eight miners followed the treacherous trail cautiously, the wind whipping the red and blue into their faces." and Elizabeth and Essex, untitled headpiece illustration: the Brandywine Museum of Art, Delaware County holds 3 of the works on this page.

Where can I order a hand-painted Newell Convers Wyeth reproduction?Reveal the answer

Yes, as a reproduction: the original stays in its museum, but any painting on this page can be painted by hand for you, made to order one at a time, from the painting's own page.

Newell Convers Wyeth: a portrait of the artist

A Legacy Forged in American Realism: The Life and Art of N.C. Wyeth

Newell Convers Wyeth, geboren op 22 oktober 1882 in Needham, Massachusetts, was een pivotal figuur in de Gouden Eeuw van Amerikaanse illustratie. Zijn verhaal is niet alleen dat van artistiek talent, maar ook van een diepe verbinding met het land, een eerbied voor narratie en een onwrikbare toewijding aan het vastleggen van de geest van Amerika tijdens een periode van snelle veranderingen. Vanaf zijn vroegste jaren op een familieboerderij ontwikkelde Wyeth een scherp waarnemingsvermogen en een liefde voor de natuurlijke wereld – kwaliteiten die zijn artistieke visie diepgaand zouden vormen. Hoewel aanvankelijk aangemoedigd tot meer praktische bezigheden door zijn vader, stimuleerde zijn moeder zijn groeiende talent, herkennend aan een innige gave die expressie vereiste. Deze vroege steun bleek cruciaal, waardoor hij naar formele opleiding ging op Mechanics Arts School en later, Massachusetts Normal Art School, waar hem werd geadviseerd om de weg van illustratie te volgen. Zijn verdere studie onder Howard Pyle, een meester van narratieve kunst, zou transformatief zijn, zijn technische vaardigheden verstevigen en in hem een toewijding aan het vertellen van verhalen door middel van beelden inculceren.

The Apprenticeship Under Pyle and the Rise to Prominence

Wyeth’s aankomst op de school van Howard Pyle in Wilmington, Delaware, markeerde een keerpunt. Pyle was niet alleen een docent; hij was een mentor die de waarde van directe ervaring als basis voor authentieke kunst benadrukte. Deze filosofie klonk resonerend met Wyeth, waardoor hij op vergaande reizen ging naar het Amerikaanse Westen – een landschap dat synoniem zou worden met zijn naam. Dit waren geen simpele toertrekken; het waren expedities die werden ondernomen om de sfeer te absorberen, de mensen te bestuderen en de ritmes van een leven radicaal verschillend van zijn New England achtergrond te begrijpen. Hij reed met cowboys, woonde tussen de Navajo en trotseerde de elementen bijgenaderd door de mensen wiens verhalen hij wilde vertellen. Deze toewijding aan authenticiteit is voelbaar in zijn werk, waardoor het een ruwe realisme krijgt dat hem onderscheidt van zijn tijdgenoten. Zijn eerste grote doorbraak kwam in 1903 met een omslagillustratie voor *The Saturday Evening Post*, die een loslopende bronnenpaard toonde – een dynamisch beeld dat de aandacht van een natie vastlegde die gefascineerd was door verhalen over het platteland. Dit succes lanceerde een productieve carrière, en Wyeth werd snel een gevraagde illustrator voor toonaangevende tijdschriften zoals *Century*, *Harper’s Monthly* en *Scribner’s*.

Mastering Narrative: Illustrations and Beyond

Wyeth's artistieke begaafdheid was niet beperkt tot weergaven van het Westen. Hij bezat een opmerkelijke veelzijdigheid, die naadloos overging tussen genres en onderwerpen. Zijn illustraties voor klassieke literatuur – met name zijn werk aan Robert Louis Stevenson’s *Treasure Island* – worden beschouwd als meesterwerken van visuele storytelling. Dit waren geen eenvoudige begeleidingen tot de tekst; het waren interpretaties die nieuw leven brachten in geliefde personages en scènes. De schaal en dramatische intensiteit van deze schilderijen verheffen illustratie tot een kunstvorm, waarmee Wyeth’s vermogen om niet alleen de letterlijke gebeurtenissen van een verhaal maar ook de emotionele kern ervan vast te leggen demonstreert. Naast tijdschriftwerk en boekillustraties, voerde Wyeth talrijke reclamemissions uit, waarbij hij zijn artistieke flair bracht op campagnes voor merken zoals Cream-of-Wheat, Coca-Cola en Steinway & Sons. Hij benaderde deze projecten met dezelfde toewijding aan detail en narratie als zijn meer persoonlijke werken, waardoor kunstvorming een boeiende visuele ervaring werd.

A Family of Artists: Legacy and Influence

Misschien is een van de meest blijvende aspecten van N.C. Wyeth’s nalatenschap de artistieke dynastie die hij stichtte. Hij was niet alleen een kunstenaar op zich; hij was een vader die een liefde voor kunst in zijn kinderen instilled, hun talenten stimuleerde en hen aanmoedigde om hun eigen creatieve paden te volgen. Zijn zoon, Andrew Wyeth, werd een van de meest bekende realistische schilders van Amerika, bekend om zijn aangrijpende weergaven van het Pennsylvania-landschap. Zijn jongste zoon Jamie Wyeth bereikte ook aanzienlijke erkenning als kunstenaar. De invloed van N.C. Wyeth strekt zich uit verder dan zijn directe familie; hij inspireerde generaties illustratoren en kunstenaars met zijn technische vaardigheid, narratieve visie en onwrikbare toewijding aan authenticiteit. Zijn werk resonneert nog steeds vandaag de dag, herinnert ons aan een tijd waarin illustratie werd beschouwd als een vitale kunstvorm – één die in staat was om de verbeelding te stimuleren en onze begrip van de wereld om ons heen te vormen. Hij heeft meer dan 3.000 schilderijen achtergelaten en 112 boeken geïllustreerd, een getuigenis van zijn onvermoeibare toewijding en blijvende artistieke visie.

Early Life and Influences

Wyeth werd geboren in Needham, Massachusetts in 1882. Zijn vader, Andrew Newell Wyeth, behoorde tot een lange lijn van Wyeths in Amerika, beginnend met Nicholas Wyeth, die in de midden-17e eeuw naar Massachusetts kwam en zich vestigde in Cambridge. Nicholas kocht een huis in Cambridge, en zijn nakomelingen waren het stof van Amerikaanse geschiedenis en Massachusetts mythologie: Jonas Wyeth verkleedde zich als een inheemse bewoner om deel te nemen aan de Boston Tea Party; Ebenezer Wyeth vocht de Britten bij Bunker Hill; John Wyeth nam het kantoor van postmeester over in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, voor zijn steun aan George Washington en Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth zocht avontuur op de Oregon Trail. De familiegeschiedenis bood alle bronnen voor verbeelding die een kunstenaar kon wensen: Europese ontdekkingsreizigers; Europeanen op de hoge zee; complotten en rebellen, stichters van het land en postbodes – deze personages zouden de dromen en schilderijen van Wyeth voor de rest van zijn leven vullen. Zijn maternaal erfgoed kwam uit Zwitserland, en tijdens haar jeugd was zijn moeder bekend met literaire titanen Henry David Thoreau en Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Deze literaire waardering en artistieke talenten leken afkomstig te zijn van haar. De familiegeschiedenis gaf hem een diepe verbinding met de Amerikaanse geschiedenis en cultuur, wat zijn kunstwerken zou beïnvloeden.

Key Achievements and Recognition

Throughout his career, N.C. Wyeth received numerous accolades for his work, including the prestigious *Saturday Evening Post* cover contest in 1903. His illustrations were praised for their dynamism, storytelling ability, and technical skill. He was recognized as a leading figure in American illustration during his lifetime, and his legacy continues to inspire artists today. His contributions to both illustration and literature are celebrated, cementing his place as one of the most influential figures in American art history.

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