Arts Everyday Living: Art of the Self-Portrait—the First Generation of Wyeth Artists By Joan Hart on November 29, 2019 in Art Happenings N.C. Wyeth, Self Portrait, 1940, tempera, National Academy of Design, New York, New York American master N.C. Wyeth (1882-1945) was the head of an extremely creative family, including his son Andrew (1917-2009) and grandson Jamie (1946-).