Jamie Wyeth: Unsettled
July 12 - October 05, 2025
Jamie Wyeth's painterly eye for tense, cinematic storytelling is on full display in Unsettled, the only West Coast venue for this nationally touring exhibition organized by the Brandywine Museum of Art. Featuring nearly fifty works, this show unearths a darker side of Wyeth’s six-decade career, tracing a throughline of unsettling imagery and emotional nuance often hidden beneath his more idyllic coastal views and farm scenes. From haunting portraits to supernatural landscapes, Wyeth’s vivid compositions explore the ominous side of rural American environments spanning the rugged Maine coast to the forests of Pennsylvania.
Jamie Wyeth: Unsettled is organized by Brandywine River Museum of Art and curated by Amanda Burdan, Senior Curator. The Frye Art Museum's presentation is under the direction of Faith Brower, Director and Curator of Collections.
Generous support for the Frye's installation provided by Frye Members. Media sponsorship provided by Cascade PBS.
Jamie Wyeth. Bean Boots, 1985. Oil on panel. 37 x 50 in. Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine, Gift of the Cawley Family, 2001.29.1. © Jamie Wyeth / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
Jamie Wyeth. Spindrift, 2010. Oil on canvas. 40 x 46 in. The Phyllis and Jamie Wyeth Collection. © Jamie Wyeth / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
Jamie Wyeth. Julia on the Swing, 1999. Oil on canvas. 60 x 40 in. Private collection. © Jamie Wyeth / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
Jamie Wyeth. Cat Bates of Monhegan, 1995. Oil on panel. 36 x 48 in. Frye Art Museum, Museum Purchase, 1996.002. © Jamie Wyeth / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY