Past Exhibitions

Self Portrait (short version), 1936 Lithograph, 10 3/4 x 9 3/8 in. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection

Southwestern Son: The Lithographs of Peter Hurd

February 24, 2018 to July 8, 2018

The artist Peter Hurd is often noted for his experiments in egg tempera painting and particularly for introducing Andrew Wyeth to the medium with which he would become so closely associated. An inquisitive artist, Hurd taught himself not only the traditional methods of tempera but also the late...

George A. Weymouth (1936–2016). The Way Back, 1963, tempera on panel, 44 3/4 x 34 3/4”. McCoy duPont Weymouth. © George A. Weymouth.

The Way Back: The Paintings of George A. Weymouth

January 27, 2018 to June 3, 2018

In addition to his roles as founder and board chairman of the Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art, a philanthropist, and a land and cultural conservationist, George A. "Frolic" Weymouth (1936-2016) was a highly talented artist.This landmark exhibition of approximately sixty-five of...

Haley O.; 2017; mixed-media; 9 x 12 in., Kindergarten; Self-Portrait

Imagine Brandywine

October 29, 2017 to February 10, 2018

Imagine Brandywine is an exhibition space for the display of multidisciplinary art projects by area students, inspired by the collections and surroundings of the Brandywine River Museum of Art.

N. C. Wyeth (1882-1945), Island Funeral, 1939, Tempera and oil on hardboard panel, Gift of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art, 2017

Recent Acquisitions

October 7, 2017 to January 7, 2018

This year, the Brandywine River Museum of Art celebrates its fiftieth anniversary, acknowledging a period of extraordinary innovation and growth. Capping the anniversary year is this survey of recent additions to the permanent collection. Recent Acquisitions includes works of art...

Ana Vizcarra Rankin, World Map [extraordinary rendition], 2014, collage packing tape, 11x17in (framed)

Ana Vizcarra Rankin: time/scale

October 7, 2017 to November 5, 2017

time/scale is the first solo museum exhibition of new and recent works by Uruguayan-American artist Ana Vizcarra Rankin (b. 1977, Maldonado), presented by Philadelphia Contemporary and hosted by the Brandywine River Museum of Art. In large-scale paintings and hand-crafted collages of...

Dylan Gauthier: highwatermarks

October 7, 2017 to January 7, 2018

Dylan Gauthier: highwatermarks, the first US solo museum project by the Brooklyn-based artist Dylan Gauthier (b. 1979, Los Angeles), centers on an immersive video and audio installation that was planned, filmed, and edited during the artist’s year-long residency at the Brandywine River...

Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009). Winter, 1946, 1946, tempera. North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh. ©2017 Andrew Wyeth/Artists Rights Society (ARS)

Andrew Wyeth: In Retrospect

June 24, 2017 to September 17, 2017

To mark the 100th anniversary of Andrew Wyeth’s birth, the Brandywine River Museum of Art and the Seattle Art Museum organized an exhibition of over one hundred of his finest paintings and works on papers selected from major museums and private collections.

Sipped and Savored: The Art of Chocolate

May 6, 2017 to May 29, 2017

Drawn from the collection of Wilbur Chocolate, of Lititz, Pennsylvania, this exhibition showcases the art of consuming chocolate in its many forms.

From Homer to Hopper: Experiment and Ingenuity in American Art

February 25, 2017 to 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 to January 22, 2017

Rural Modern explores the adaptation of modernist styles to subject matter associated with the American countryside.Treatments of coastal New England, small-town Pennsylvania, Midwestern farms, and other rural regions of the country illustrate the dispersal of canonical modernist...