Coca-Cola Calendar Illustration, NC Wyeth / American Golden Age Illustrator, NC Wyeth, 1882-1945, was an American artist & illustrator. He was the star pupil of the artist Howard Pyle, & became one of America's greatest illustrators. During his lifetime, Wyeth created over 3,000 paintings & illustrated 112 books, 25 of them for Scribner's, the work for which he is best known. Wyeth was a realist painter just as the camera & photography began to compete with his craft