A pane of 12 Forever® stamps will celebrate the centennial of the birth of Andrew Wyeth (July 12, 1917 – Jan. 16, 2009), one of the most prominent American artists of the 20th century. Working in a realistic style that defied artistic trends, Wyeth created haunting and enigmatic paintings based largely on people and places in his life, a body of work that continues to resist easy or comfortable interpretation. 

A First-Day-of-Issue dedication ceremony for the Andrew Wyeth Forever® stamps will take place at the Brandywine River Museum of Art in Chadds Ford, PA. on July 12 at 11 am. On hand will be Jamie Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth’s son; Patrick Mendonca, U.S. Postal Service Senior Director and Chief of Staff to the Postmaster General; and Virginia A. Logan, The Frolic Weymouth Executive Director and CEO, The Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art.

The event is free and open to the public. The public may RSVP online at usps.com/awyeth. 

This issuance includes stamps that each features a detail from a different Andrew Wyeth painting. The paintings are: “Wind from the Sea” (1947), “Big Room” (1988), “Christina’s World” (1948), “Alvaro and Christina” (1968), “Frostbitten” (1962), “Sailor’s Valentine” (1985), “Soaring” (1942–1950), “North Light” (1984), “Spring Fed” (1967), “The Carry” (2003), “Young Bull” (1960), and “My Studio” (1974). The selvage, or area outside of the stamp images, shows a photograph of Wyeth from the 1930s. Art director Derry Noyes of Washington, DC, designed the pane.