Past Exhibitions

From Homer to Hopper: Experiment and Ingenuity in American Art

February 25, 2017 - May 21, 2017

This exhibition celebrates the rich diversity of styles created by masters of the modern movement in American art in this exhibition of fifty-four paintings made between 1870 and 1950.

N.C. Wyeth (1882-1945) The Drowning, 1936, oil on canvas.

Rural Modern: American Art Beyond the City

October 29, 2016 - January 22, 2017

Rural Modern explores the adaptation of modernist styles to subject matter associated with the American countryside. ...

Illustration from Draw! by Raúl Colón (Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, 2014) Image courtesy R. Michelson Galleries

Get the Picture! Contemporary Children’s Book Illustration

July 1, 2016 - October 9, 2016

From the sublime to the ridiculous, with remarkable creativity and wit, children’s picture book art appeals to young and old alike...

Flowery Thoughts: Ceramic Vases & Floral Ornament at Winterthur

May 28, 2016 - September 8, 2016

Since antiquity, humans have been fascinated by the beauty of flowers. They created special containers to hold the blooms, reproduced flat images of flora on surfaces or, alternatively, modeled flowers in three dimensions...

New Terrains: American Paintings from the Richard M. Scaife Bequest

April 8, 2016 - September 10, 2017

This exhibition presents over twenty-five important works of American art from Richard M. Scaife, a Pittsburgh philanthropist and former trustee of the Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art.

The Poetry of Nature: A Golden Age of American Landscape Painting

March 19, 2016 - June 12, 2016

Masterworks by Thomas Cole, Asher Durand, John F. Kensett, William T. Richards, William L. Sonntag, and other giants of the Hudson River School...

Andrew Wyeth, Summer Freshet Study, 1942, tempera, © Andrew Wyeth. Private Collection

Natural Selections: Andrew Wyeth Plant Studies

August 29, 2015 - February 7, 2016

Throughout his seven-decade career, Andrew Wyeth was constantly inspired by two regions—Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, where he had lived since birth, and Cushing, Maine, where he had spent each summer...

James Welling (b. 1951) Glass House, 2010, archival inkjet print on rag paper. Paper: 33 x 44". Image: 28 x 42"

Things Beyond Resemblance: James Welling Photographs

August 8, 2015 - November 15, 2015

In 2010, Los Angeles-based artist James Welling (b. 1951) initiated a series of color photographs inspired by the painter Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009). ...

Gradients

August 8, 2015 - November 15, 2015

In conjunction with the exhibition Things Beyond Resemblance: James Welling Photographs, the Brandywine River Museum of Art commissioned Welling to create a site-specific installation that explores the intersection of photography and sculpture...

Henry Chapman Mercer (1856-1930) Plus Ultra, 1912, earthenware, 13 1/2 x 10 inches. Moravian Pottery and Tile Works

Plus Ultra: Moravian Tiles of the New World

May 23, 2015 - August 16, 2015

During the Age of Exploration, the motto “Plus Ultra” reflected the belief that there was “more beyond” the known realm...

Oscar Cesare (1885-1948) Uncle Sam—Capitol or White House? circa 1937, ink wash on paper. Gift of Valentine Cesare, 1992

Pointed Pens: Comic Commentary in American Cartoons

April 23, 2015 - August 23, 2015

From the maze-like contraptions of Rube Goldberg to the incisive political drawings of Thomas Nast, cartoons rivet public attention to issues of the day through their comic wit and visual satire...

Horace Pippin (1888-1946), Interior (also known as Interior of Cabin), 1944, oil on fabric. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Meyer P. Potamkin in honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1991

Horace Pippin: The Way I See It

April 19, 2015 - July 19, 2015

One of the leading figures of 20th-century art, Horace Pippin (1888-1946) is known for his insightful, expressive and bold paintings...

Jamie Wyeth

January 17, 2015 - April 5, 2015

Featuring more than 100 works, this major retrospective examined six decades of the artist's career and charted the evolution of his creative process from his earliest childhood drawings through recurring dreams inspired by the people, places and objects that populate his world...

N.C. Wyeth (1882-1945), “They fought with him on foot more than three hours, both before him and behind him," Illustration for The Boy's King Arthur, 1917, oil on canvas, 40 1/8 x 31 7/8 inches. Private collection

Enchanted Castles and Noble Knights

November 28, 2014 - January 4, 2015

Unforgettable, iconic paintings and drawings illustrating the romance and daring stories of King Arthur, the Knights of the Round Table, and other tales of quests and chivalry were featured in this exhibition...

Andrew Wyeth (1917–2009), Roasted Chestnuts, 1956

Andrew Wyeth: Lines of Thought

September 20, 2014 - March 15, 2015

Over his remarkable seven-decade career, Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009) created thousands of drawings in pencil and watercolor, a body of work that he rarely exhibited...

Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), The Fragrance of Spring (also known as Bee Hepaticas) circa 1962,

Exalted Nature: The Real and Fantastic World of Charles E. Burchfield

August 23, 2014 - November 16, 2014

The vibrant, visionary landscapes of Charles Burchfield (1893-1967), one of the leading American artists of the 20th century, were the focus of this major exhibition, featuring over 50 paintings borrowed from important public and private collections across the United States...

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Past Exhibitions

Past Exhibitions