Christina's World, depicting rural life, was created by which American painter?

• A. Andrew Wyeth
• B. Georgia O'Keeffe
• C. Jackson Pollock
• D. Thomas Hart Benton

Answer: (A)

The idea tested here is matching a famous rural-life image to the artist who created it. Christina's World is a hallmark work by Andrew Wyeth, painted in 1948. It shows Christina Olson in a quiet, expansive field, looking toward a distant house, rendered with Wyeth’s precise, restrained realism and subtle tonal shifts. Wyeth specialized in intimate, real-life scenes of American rural life, often focusing on ordinary people in the Northeast, and he frequently used tempera on panel to achieve a delicate, detailed surface.

The other artists listed are associated with different subjects and styles: Georgia O’Keeffe is best known for close-up floral imagery and desert landscapes; Jackson Pollock for abstract expressionist works built from dripping and layering paint; Thomas Hart Benton for vibrant, mural-like depictions of American life in a Regionalist style. None of these fit Christina's World as closely as Wyeth does, which is why his name is the correct match for this painting.