The Brandywine Museum of Art will soon be offering guided tours of N.C. Wyeth’s monumental mural, Apotheosis of the Family, 1932, now housed in a specially designed round barn on Point Lookout Farm—the home of N.C.’s grandson, artist Jamie Wyeth—in nearby Wilmington, DE.
Measuring 19 by 60 feet long, this mural is the largest work ever created by the artist. Originally commissioned in the early 1930s by the Wilmington Savings Fund Society to mark the bank’s centennial, the mural was acquired by the Wyeth Foundation for American Art after it was removed from the former WSFS building more than 15 years ago. After a painstaking, multi-year restoration by Dr. Kristin deGhetaldi and Brian Baade, the mural was reassembled and installed in the round barn this summer.
Starting in late 2025, limited guided tours will be available through advance reservations only. These tours will offer visitors the exclusive opportunity to experience this mural up close in an intimate setting, all while learning more about the artist’s mural practice and the massive conservation project undertaken to restore this painting. Tours will include admission to the Brandywine Museum of Art, where visitors can see a large selection of paintings by N.C. Wyeth from his career spanning four decades, as well as works by Andrew, Jamie, Henriette, and Carolyn Wyeth.