Thursday, July 9, 2020
By: Liesl Mahoney, Associate Educator for School & Family Programs
Scratchboard is a great drawing surface that allows artists to draw while paying close attention to the types of lines they are using. The results vary from high contrast black and white, random rainbow effects or even looks that are more...
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Artists since antiquity have depicted, and often mimicked, the splendors of nature. Throughout the centuries, such representations have embodied the shifting relationship between humans and their natural surroundings. Nature has thus proved to be a fertile terrain for projecting a culture’s...
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By: Laura Westmoreland, Associate Educator, Adult & Community Programs
As guest curator, Suzanne Ramljak, points out, Brandywine’s newest exhibition, Natural Wonders: The Sublime in Contemporary Art is a “wonderland” for the senses, offering bursts of color...
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For art lovers, there is no feeling quite like standing in front of a painting you love. At the Brandywine River Museum of Art, we revel in seeing the incredible reactions inspired in our visitors by the artwork in our galleries. To capture those moments, our Museum Shop has transformed some of...
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Around the middle of the summer each year, a glorious day arrives where we get to spend its entirety celebrating the life and work of artist Andrew Wyeth. Born right here in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania on July 12, 1917, Wyeth went on to achieve international acclaim for his artwork—a majority of which focused on this beautiful part of the country and the people who call it home.
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This Mother’s Day, give Mom a gift that is truly a work of art.
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