| Timeline |
| 1917 |
Born 12 July in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania (son of N.C. Wyeth) |
| 1926 |
Leaves school due to ill health (whooping cough) - is home-schooled until he is 18 |
| 1932 |
Begins studying in his father's studio |
| 1935 |
Begins painting full-time |
| 1937 |
First New York show at the Macbeth Gallery |
| 1940 |
Marries Betsy Merle James |
| 1945 |
Father dies |
| 1963 |
Receives the Presidential Freedom Award |
| 1965 |
Awarded gold medal for painting of the National Institute of Arts and Letters |
| 1970 |
Honoured by Richard Nixon with a dinner and private exhibition of his paintings at the White House |
| 1977 |
Makes his first trip to Europe, to be inducted into the French Academy of the Fine Arts |
| 1978 |
Elected an honorary member of the Soviet Academy of the Arts |
| 1990 |
Receives the Congressional Gold Medal, the first artist to have that honour
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