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    The Helga Pictures - Wikipedia

    The Helga Pictures are a series of more than 268 paintings and drawings of German model Helga Testorf (born c. 1933 or c. 1939 ) created by American artist Andrew Wyeth between 1971 and 1985. See more

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    Helga Ingrid Testorf was a neighbor of Wyeth's in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, and over the course of fifteen years posed for Wyeth indoors and out of doors, nude and clothed, in attitudes that … See more

    Explaining the series, Wyeth said, "The difference between me and a lot of painters is that I have to have a personal contact with my models. ... I have to become enamored. Smitten. … See more

    In 1986, Philadelphia publisher and millionaire Leonard E.B. Andrews (1925–2009) purchased almost the entire collection, preserving it intact. Wyeth had already given a few Helga paintings to friends, including the famous Lovers, which had been … See more

    Tempera on panel:
    • Letting Her Hair Down (1972)
    • Sheepskin (1973)
    • Braids (1977) See more

    • "The Last Person Made Famous by a Painting": Helga Testorf interviewed in a short film from The Atlantic. See more

     
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