Historic Quaker Houses of Delaware County, PA
The Kuerner Farm (The Ring Farm)
Chadds Ford
Made Famous by the Paintings of Andrew Wyeth:
Above: Young Bull by Andrew Wyeth (1960). Drybrush watercolor, Brandywine Museum of Art, Image source: The Washington Post.
Andrew Wyeth painted at Kuerner Farm for more than 70 years, beginning when he was just a teenager. The property is located across the road from his childhood home. The farm became his most enduring subject. He created nearly 1,000 works there, including some of his most iconic temperas and watercolors.
Wyeth was drawn to the farm’s stark beauty, weathered interiors, and the quiet presence of Karl and Anna Kuerner, whose lives he captured with deep sensitivity and restraint. The farm became a central focus of his artistic life and a symbol of his connection to the Brandywine landscape.
Farm Pond by Andrew Wyeth (1957). Watercolor, Image source: Reynolda
Two Books about Andrew Wyeth’s Paintings
of the Kuerner Farm:
Above: Left: Wyeth at Kuerners, 1976, Image source: James Cummins Bookseller. Right: Andrew Wyeth at Kuerner Farm, 2025, Image source: Rizzoli Bookstore
The Kuerner Farm
Where Wyeth Painted Helga Testorf:
Above: Helga Testdorf and Andrew Wyeth. Images source: The Atlantic, YouTube
Water Color Paintings of the Kuerner Farm
by Eddie Flotte:
Kuerner’s Barn, House, and Pond by Eddie Flotte. Watercolor, Image source: Eddie Flotte Fine Art
Winter Fog by Eddie Flotte. Watercolor, Image source: Eddie Flotte Fine Art
Above: Eddie Flotte, a watercolor artist from Ambler, PA, is best known for his nostalgic scenes of Chestnut Hill and rural life in both Pennsylvania and Maui. In 2012 he spent three months painting the Kuerner Farm as a guest of the Kuerners. Since then he has repeatedly returned to the farm to continue the work. He has been called “the Andrew Wyeth of Chestnut Hill.”
Paintings of the Kuerner Farm
By Karl J. Kuerner:
The Kuerner Farm in Three on Three by Karl J. Kuerner. Image source: Kuerner Fine Arts
Artist Karl J. Kuerner grew up on the Kuerner Farm. It is the same property famously depicted by Andrew Wyeth in nearly 1,000 works. As a child, Karl was surrounded by Wyeth’s presence. Inspired by that lifelong exposure, Karl J. Kuerner became interested in painting. He later studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. His work reflects a personal connection to the land and structures of the farm, carrying forward the artistic legacy of a place that shaped both his life and Wyeth’s.
The Kuerner Farmhouse’s Original First-Floor Plan: