Exploring Emotions of Disability and Healing Through Art
Who is Christina in Andrew Wyeth’s— Christina’s World
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“I worked and worked and worked on just the field, that swell, that curve to the field.”
“It’s like building a house, and then living in it.”
“I built the ground.”
“Thinking of her… and then when I put it, it was right.”
“That pink, like faded lobster shells that you find on the shore there.”— Andrew Wyeth
Andrew Wyeth’s painting Christina’s World (1948) has become one of the most recognizable paintings in America. At first glance, this painting did not attract me but when I delved into the story behind the artwork, it melted my heart and emotions welled up inside me.
Who is Christina? Why she is crawling on the tawny grass? Whom is she looking for in the distance? And why “Christina's world” arouses deep feelings of loneliness?
Despite her apparent physical limitations, the woman seems to reach the farmstead using every ounce of strength she possesses.
Composition
The woman dressed in a light-pink dress, with disheveled hair, and grayed fingers is the main protagonist. Even though the complete tone of the painting consists of muted colors, the most striking color on the canvas is subdued pink (like…
