N.C. Wyeth

Known for: illustrated editions of Treasure Island and Kidnapped

N.C. Wyeth studied under Howard Pyle and became the most celebrated American illustrator of the early twentieth century, producing the images for Treasure Island (1911), Kidnapped (1913), and The Last of the Mohicans (1919) that defined how several generations of readers visualized those texts. He worked on a large scale and with dramatic lighting influenced by the Old Masters. He was the father of Andrew Wyeth and the grandfather of Jamie Wyeth, making the Wyeths the most significant dynasty in American painting.