The following prophetic comment on the future of his family was written by N. C. Wyeth in a letter to his daughter, Henriette, in 1939. “I believe, as I never believed before, that we, as a group, have got something and that there is real promise of sound achievement - of major achievement - in the offing.”  Now, more than 60 years later, the Wyeth/Hurd/McCoy family has emerged as a true dynasty of fine artists. 

The family has produced four generations of painters with a remarkable consistency of excellence, fulfilling N. C.’s prophecy spectacularly. This artistic bloodline has continued not only through N. C. Wyeth's youngest and most famous son Andrew, but also through N. C.'s eldest daughter Henriette Wyeth and her husband, artist Peter Hurd.   Peter and Henriette were both students of N. C. Wyeth through the 1920s.   Later, young Andrew Wyeth and his sister Carolyn began their training under their father, along with John W. McCoy, who married N. C. Wyeth's third daughter, Ann. 

N. C. Wyeth was the center of his own family "art colony". In 1938 Peter Hurd and Henriette Wyeth moved to New Mexico, Hurd's native state.  Today, works by the entire family can be seen together, including works by the younger generations, at the Wyeth Hurd Gallery.  We know that N. C., or "Grandpa Wyeth", as we call him, would be very pleased.