Tuesday, July 21, 2020
With fine examples by artists such as Howard Pyle, Frank Schoonover, Violet Oakley, Rose O’Neill and N. C. Wyeth, the Brandywine River Museum of Art’s collection vividly captures what is referred to as the “Golden Age of American Illustration.” A...
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By: Charissa Skoutelas, Brandywine River Museum of Art Intern
The Violet Oakley-Elizabeth Shippen Green-Jessie Wilcox Collection in The Walter & Leonore Annenberg Research Center at the Brandywine River Museum of Art comprises the work of three female artists of the early 20th century who began their careers under the tutelage of Howard...
Continue ReadingMonday, May 13, 2019
By: Amanda C. Burdan, Ph.D., Curator
The year 2020 marks the centennial anniversary of the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, granting women the right to vote—although many voting struggles persisted for minority groups. To celebrate this anniversary the Brandywine River Museum of Art will...
Continue ReadingMonday, December 17, 2018
Both children and adults alike have treasured memories of those favorite, delightfully illustrated stories we take off the bookshelves at special times of the year.
Continue ReadingThursday, September 6, 2018
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...
Continue ReadingMonday, August 27, 2018
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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