Summer Sojourns: Art on Holiday

June 09, 2012 - September 03, 2012
N.C. Wyeth (1882-1945), Untitled (view of Eight Bells), circa 1932, oil on canvas, Collection of the Brandywine River Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Eugene Ormandy, 1991

N.C. Wyeth (1882-1945), Untitled (view of Eight Bells), circa 1932, oil on canvas, Collection of the Brandywine River Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Eugene Ormandy, 1991

Visitors to the galleries enjoyed a visual journey to rocky sea coasts and sandy shores, tropical settings and mountainous vistas. 

Theyalso viewed depictions of pastoral landscapes, European cities and villages, Middle-Eastern markets, Asian rice paddies, and bamboo forests. These scenes and more appeared in the exhibition Summer Sojourns: Art on Holiday, featuring nearly 100 paintings, drawings, and prints from the collection.