The iconic American artist's connection to Kuerner Farm, the subject of a traveling show in North Carolina, was haunted by death.

He lives alone on an island, wears knickers and mismatched knee socks and is approaching 80. He collects taxidermy and automaton machines, creates miniature worlds and has worked in a morgue.

The "Andrew Wyeth at Kuerner Farm: The Eye of the Earth" exhibition runs at Reynolda House Museum of American Art through May 25. Sign up for our Newsletters It features pieces from Andrew Wyeth's ...