American Treasures

American Treasures The Brandywine River Museum of Art FO R E WO R D BY

Thomas Padon E S SAY BY

Christine Podmaniczky

IN A SSOCIATION WITH THE BR ANDYWINE RIVER ART MUSEUM

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Highlights of the collection’s growth

Wyeths gave nine paintings by artists

Acquisition of Horace Pippin’s Saying

mark the passion and generosity of many

whose names were firmly associated with

Prayers, Frank Schoonover’s Canadian

donors. Andrew and Betsy Wyeth were

the Brandywine Valley—N. C. Wyeth and

Trapper, and Jamie Wyeth’s Portrait of

among the earliest contributors; even

other Wyeth family members, and the

Pig, among the museum’s best-known

before the museum officially opened, the

first painting by George Cope, seeding the

works, was made possible by the Wyeths’

Wyeths gave nine paintings by artists

and tromp l’oeil collection.

remarkable, sustained commitment to the

whose names were firmly associated with

Brandywine.

the Brandywine Valley—N. C. Wyeth and other Wyeth family megenerosity occurs over and over in the museu..

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Name of Artist | Untitled, 1928 | Oil on canvas | 18 1/2 x 13 3/4 in

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Name of Artist | Untitled, 1928 | Oil on canvas | 18 1/2 x 13 3/4 in

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Name of Artist | Untitled, 1928 | Oil on canvas | 18 1/2 x 13 3/4 in

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Name of Artist | Untitled, 1928 | Oil on canvas | 18 1/2 x 13 3/4 in

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