Olson's spirit inspired Wyeth's most popular piece. Rather than using a wheelchair, Olson crawled around her home and the surrounding grounds, as seen in Christina's World. Anna Christina Olson suffered from a degenerative muscular disorder that prevented her from walking. The 31-year-old Wyeth modeled the painting's frail-looking brunette after his neighbor in South Cushing, Maine.
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Who is the woman in Andrew Wyeth's striking painting Christina's World, and why is she sprawled in a field, looking longingly toward a far-off farmhouse? For decades, these questions have drawn in viewers, but the true story behind Christina's World makes the 1948 painting even more intriguing.
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