Christina's World
| Christina's World | |
|---|---|
| Artist | Andrew Wyeth |
| Year | 1948 |
| Catalogue | 78455 |
| Medium | Egg tempera on gessoed panel |
| Dimensions | 81.9 cm × 121.3 cm (32+1⁄4 in × 47+3⁄4 in) |
| Location | Museum of Modern Art, New York |
| Accession | 16.1949 |
Christina's World is a 1948 painting by American painter Andrew Wyeth and one of the best-known American paintings of the mid-20th century. It is a tempera work done in a realist style, depicting a woman in an inclined position on the ground in a treeless, mostly tawny field, looking up at a gray house on the horizon, a barn, and various other small outbuildings adjacent to the house. It is held by the Museum of Modern Art, in New York.
The painting was featured in the 1980 BBC Two series 100 Great Paintings.