Catalyst Spring–Summer 2023

CATALYST

CONSERVANCY LAUNCHES NEW CLIMATE PROGRAM

The Brandywine Conservancy recently launched a new Climate Resiliency Initiative to help local municipalities and landowners proactively address climate change through adaptation and mitigation efforts, which formalizes the organization’s ongoing efforts to improve environmental sustainability.

Since the Conservancy’s founding in 1967, the organization has protected and conserved the land, water, natural and cultural resources of southeastern Pennsylvania and northern Delaware through a multi-disciplinary approach. To date, the Conservancy has permanently protected over 70,000 acres of land from development, while also helping communities plan for the conservation and management of the region’s natural resources. These successes have made the Conservancy a trusted partner with state and local governments, foundations, farmers, industry peers and individual property owners, which enables the organization to better collaborate on timely climate actions.

The Conservancy’s new Climate Resiliency Initiative brings cross-departmental expertise through technical assistance, funding, education, planning and project implementation directly to individual landowners and municipal governments to combat the issues of climate change. This Initiative targets two types of actions: climate mitigation (direct, tangible efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions) and climate adaptation (planning for resilience against the impacts of climate change).

You can learn more about this new initiative at www.brandywine.org/climate

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The Big 500: Brandywine Reaches

Exciting Conservation Milestone

Home Places & Beyond

Joseph Stella: Visionary Nature

Getting Started with Native Plants

Top Tips for Incorporating Native Plants in Your Landscape Crafting a Creative Collaboration

A New Season of Artist Studio Tours at the Brandywine

Recipe from the Millstone Café Events Calendar

Community Partner Spotlight In Memoriam

Memorials & Tributes

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MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

Brandywine members Dr. Barbara Stewart, VMD and Dr. Richard “Dick” Brown, VMD, are retired veterinarians who currently live in Cochranville, PA. Barbara, who grew up on the Main Line, met Dick at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, where they were both students. After school, they moved to Cochranville where they purchased an old farmhouse on a 20-acre property—which they affectionately named Toilsome Lane Farm, after the road Barbara’s grandmother lived on. It was there that they raised three children, along with many dogs and horses, while both working as practicing veterinarians.

Barbara has held a lifelong interest in equestrianism—she grew up riding at the Gladwyne Pony Club and fox hunting with the Cheshire Hunt. Although Dick didn’t start riding horses until adulthood, they both hold a deep appreciation for the connection between open space preservation and equestrian pursuits.

Inspired by the philanthropic spirit of her father, Barbara and Dick have committed themselves to supporting local education and environmental causes. They both are active in their township, where Dick has served as a supervisor for 18 years and Barbara sits on the Zoning Hearing Board—describing herself as the “one-woman parks and rec department.”

With their leadership, Londonderry Township has made great strides in preserving and improving open spaces in their community. Notably, they were instrumental in getting a referendum passed in 2003 that collects a 0.25% Earned Income Tax which funds open space initiatives within the township. The same year the referendum passed, Barbara and Dick donated an easement on their 20-acre property to the Brandywine Conservancy.

“What makes the Brandywine unique is the connection between art and nature,” Barbara says. While they are passionate about open space preservation,

it was a 1986 trip to Russia—organized by the Museum—that first got Dick and Barbara involved with the Brandywine. Barbara, who was an undergraduate art history major before pivoting to veterinary medicine, recalls “literally running to the Museum with her checkbook” when they found out they would have an opportunity to participate in the trip, which was organized on the occasion of Brandywine’s blockbuster exhibition, An American Vision: Three Generations of Wyeth Art, touring the Soviet Union.

Barbara and Dick have both retired from veterinary practice, but their commitment to their community keeps them busy. “Giving back is better than taking,” Dick says. n

Want to share the spotlight? Contact our Membership department for details on how you can be featured in our next issue of Catalyst . Email us at membership@brandywine.org.

Dr. Richard Brown and Dr. Barbara Stewart with their horse. Photo by Jana Bannan

THE BIG 500 Brandywine Reaches Exciting Conservation Milestone

As 2022 came to a close, the Brandywine Conservancy celebrated a milestone achievement as it reached more than 500 total conservation easements held by the organization, while also exceeding 70,000 acres of land that have been permanently preserved through both direct and facilitated easements since the organization’s founding. That’s almost 110 square miles of land—nearly the size of Arches National Park—protected from development and other uses that could otherwise degrade natural, water, cultural and scenic resources.

Bringing the Conservancy over the line to 500 easements last year was a 51acre property, known locally as “Camp Linden,” in West Bradford Township, Chester County, PA. This easement was granted by the Philadelphia Ethical Society (PES), a nonprofit that has owned the property for almost 100 years. During that time, the site has been used as a seasonal camp for Philadelphia children living in underserved communities—a tradition that will continue with this easement, which permits the existing camp uses while also protecting the property’s noted conservation values.

The preservation of Camp Linden is emblematic of both the continuity of the Conservancy’s 55-plus years’ mission and the ways in which easements have changed over time.

Then & Now: A Look at How We Got Here

In one way, Camp Linden is like all of the Conservancy’s other easements: it’s unique. Every tract of land has distinctive qualities, and every landowner has a vision for its future. Back in 1969, the Brandywine’s co-founder George A. “Frolic” Weymouth and his wife, Anna B. McCoy, donated a conservation easement on their property—the organization’s first—totaling 50 acres along the “Big Bend” of the

Brandywine Creek. It was followed that year by three more donated easements, which created a four-mile corridor of protected creekside land. At the time, this region was at the heart of exciting new planning ideas to save open space. By putting those ideas into practice, the Brandywine’s founders began a tradition of conservation innovation and leadership that continues to this day as staff creatively address challenges of climate resilience and protecting biodiversity.

Brandywine Conservancy eased and owned lands Other protected lands

Marshallton

Camp Linden

Brandywine Creek

Just like the organization’s first four easements, Camp Linden has frontage along the Brandywine Creek. This easement protects floodplain and riparian areas along the West Branch of the creek, as well as hills above that feature mature forests of oak, hickory and beech. Additional highlights include scenic views of the creek and woods along Camp Linden Road, an upcoming trail easement that winds through the forest, and a future boat landing. The property itself is also historically significant, located within the Brandywine Battlefield Boundary and the Trimbleville National Historic District.

The Camp Linden easement showcases the important partnerships needed to make conservation a success. The project was funded through West Bradford Township’s open space funds, the Chester County Preservation Partnership Grant Program, the Marshallton Conservation Trust, and a private grant. And most importantly, this easement was made possible thanks to the committed conservation landowners—the Philadelphia Ethical Society—who strongly felt that the land should be protected in perpetuity. The enactment of local, county and state open space funding programs over the years and the resulting public-private part-

nerships have significantly enhanced the Conservancy’s ability to preserve land by expanding the pool of landowners who are willing and able to grant an easement.

Building on Conservation Successes

The Conservancy’s first four easements multiplied the conservation benefits of each one, because together they formed a connected protected landscape. Camp Linden, too, connects to land that is protected under easements through the Conservancy and other land trusts. These cumulative efforts have created another stretch of protected landscape along the West Branch of the Brandywine Creek. Using the landscape context as a conservation approach has been a hallmark of the Conservancy with stellar successes over the years, including the protection of the 5,400-acre King Ranch lands in Unionville, PA (1984-1988); 3,000 acres in Willistown Township in the 1980s; the 3,000acre Smith Bridge landscape (PA and DE) in the 1980s-90s; current initiatives in the Broad Run watershed and Honey Brook areas; and the organization’s noted work to preserve a significant portion of the Brandywine Battlefield landscape over the past decade.

As the Conservancy continues to steadily increase the area of protected lands, the Camp Linden project is the perfect opportunity to pause and reflect on all of the great conservation successes achieved over the years. These accomplishments are a collective effort made possible thanks to a conservation-minded community, individual landowners who have personally committed to permanent protection of their family lands, and private and public partners who have supported conservation policies and funding at the local, county, state and federal levels.

So, what’s next? Since Camp Linden, several additional easements have been added by the Conservancy, and even more projects are under way. It is good to celebrate a milestone—and even better to look down the road for the next one. n

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HOME PLACES & BEYOND

In the last issue of Catalyst, the Brandywine shared news about an exciting new partnership with the Wyeth Foundation for American Art and the subsequent hiring of William L. Coleman, Ph.D.—the Museum’s inaugural Wyeth Foundation Curator and Director of the Andrew & Betsy Wyeth Study Center. Coleman recently curated Andrew Wyeth: Home Places at the Brandywine—the first exhibition to result from this partnership, which features many works that have never before been exhibited. In the article below, Coleman shares a sneak peek into his new role and some of the key projects on the horizon.

The current exhibition Andrew Wyeth: Home Places marks the start of an exciting new era for the Brandywine, with many more projects to come exploring untold stories and unseen objects from the treasure trove that is the Andrew & Betsy Wyeth Collection. It has been an incredible privilege to start delving into the more than 7,000 Andrew Wyeth artworks—collected and documented by his essential creative partner, Betsy James Wyeth—to build this show, which I hope you’ll come see for yourself before it closes on July 16, 2023. Now that this vast collection has been placed under the management of the Brandywine, visitors can expect to see regular exhibitions drawn from this trove that share new insight into one of the most important legacies in American art.

These collection exhibitions will be curated by the staff of the Brandywine’s Wyeth Study Center: a new division that encompasses our two physical research offices in Chadds Ford, PA and the satellite Brandywine office on the campus of the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine—that other pole of the “Wyeth world” and a key partner for our work. Besides yours truly, the new guy, there are three Brandywine employees staffing the Wyeth Study Center, all of whom were previously employees of Betsy Wyeth and bring deep knowledge and experience to the work. They include

Karen Baumgartner in Chadds Ford, and Amy Morey and Leith MacDonald, both in Rockland.

Exhibitions will always be the most visible facet of our efforts and you can expect good things ahead in the beautifully renewed Andrew Wyeth Gallery on the third floor of the Brandywine—reopening in mid-summer with our next special exhibition, Abstract Flash: Unseen Andrew Wyeth—as well as in the spaces we program at the Farnsworth and in future traveling shows. However, just as there’s much more to Andrew Wyeth than meets the eye, so is there more to the Wyeth Study Center. Karen, Leith, Amy and I will be working hard for years to come to publish an authoritative compendium of the complete works of Andrew Wyeth—known in the field as a catalogue raisonné—and to ensure the collection is studied, digitized, stored and conserved according to Brandywine's exacting standards, while engaging in public programs and other outreach efforts to encourage new engagement with the legacy of one of America's most renowned artists. n

–William L. Coleman, Ph.D.

Above: William L. Coleman, Ph.D., Wyeth Foundation Curator and Director of the Andrew & Betsy Wyeth Study Center

Opposite Page: Installation view of the exhibition Andrew Wyeth: Home Places

JOSEPH STELLA: VISIONARY NATURE

June 17–September 24, 2023

Coming this June to the Brandywine is an extraordinary exhibition of the work of pioneering American modernist Joseph Stella (1877–1946). Co-organized by the Brandywine Museum of Art and the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, Joseph Stella: Visionary Nature is the first major museum exhibition of the artist’s work since 1994 and the first to examine in-depth his exquisite nature-based works. It will feature more than 80 paintings and works on paper revealing the artist’s complex response to the spiritual qualities he felt in nature.

Stella is best known for the series of dynamic, Futurist-inspired paintings that launched his career, scenes of New York— specifically the Brooklyn Bridge and Coney Island—created between 1913-1920. As this exhibition will reveal, he also created exuberant depictions of organic form for over three decades. His subjects included bold, stylized compositions featuring exotic plants and birds, religious works incorporating elaborate floral motifs, and tropical fantasies inspired by visits to North Africa and Barbados. Stella experimented with media ranging from silverpoint to watercolor to painting. His close observation and spiritual responses to nature shaped a poetically transcendent body of work that combines elements of realism and fantasy.

Born in a small town in southern Italy, Stella immigrated to New York in 1896. By 1914, he was already establishing a reputation as a leading avant-garde artist whose work conveyed the energy of the city and modern life. But by 1919, Stella was turning away from urban imagery towards forms found in nature. His extended and

impassioned embrace of nature as a subject offered a form of respite and spiritual renewal from the visceral discomfort he often experienced living in New York. While the city remained Stella’s home for the rest of his life, he traveled widely and frequently, in particular to Italy.

Visionary Nature begins with works that demonstrate Stella’s exposure—in a pivotal trip to Paris in 1912—to the artistic strategies of Cubism, Futurism and Dada art. His earliest nature-based subjects appear here, and show the artist experimenting with prismatic color, creating luminous floral paintings on glass, and employing natural materials like leaves and tree bark in innovative collages. Also on view are

Page 10: Joseph Stella, Purissima, 1927, oil on canvas, 76 x 57 in. High Museum of Art, Atlanta, purchase with funds from Harriet and Elliott Goldstein and High Museum of Art Enhancement Fund

Above: Joseph Stella, Self-Portrait, 1920s, metalpoint with graphite pencil on wove paper prepared with white ground on paper, 30 3/16 x 22 3/16 in. Philadelphia Museum of Art, purchased with the Alice Newton Osborn Fund, the Katharine Levin Farrell Fund, the Margaretta S. Hinchman Fund, the Joseph E. Temple Fund, and with funds contributed by Marion Boulton Stroud and Jay R. Massey, 1988, 1988-21-1

Left: Joseph Stella, Red Flower, 1929, oil on canvas, 57 1/2 x 38 1/4 in. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2006.102

Stella’s first silverpoint renderings of botanical form, a medium and subject that would engage him his entire career.

The exhibition continues with a focus on the work that grew out of Stella’s recurrent trips back to Italy after 1921, revealing his continued visual and metaphorical exploration of his roots. These paintings are lightfilled landscapes with fulsome, often highly stylized flora and fauna; some even feature oversized Madonna figures—a direct reference to the liturgical traditions of his youth.

Included also are studies of plants and flowers he made from frequent visits to the New York Botanical Garden and the elaborate, operatic compositions—full of drama and movement—that emerged from those visits and his travels to Italy, North Africa and Barbados. Stella’s 1937 journey to Barbados profoundly resonated with him, as evident in the lush compositions he created there. When Stella’s health began to suffer around 1940, he turned inward, returning to small and modest silverpoints of flowers in his studio. These works would remain his focus until his death in 1946.

Joseph Stella: Visionary Nature is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue, published by the Brandywine and the High Museum of Art, featuring essays by Stephanie Heydt, the High’s Margaret and Terry Stent curator of American art and lead exhibition curator; Ara H. Merjian, professor of Italian studies at New York University; Ellen Roberts, curator of American art at the Norton Museum of Art, where the exhibition previously traveled; Karli Wurzelbacher, Heckscher Museum of Art curator; and an annotated timeline by Audrey Lewis, Associate Curator at the Brandywine Museum of Art and co-curator of the exhibition. n Lead

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Above: Joseph Stella, Dance of Spring (Song of the Birds), 1924, oil on canvas, 43 3/8 x 32 3/8 in. Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Bebe and Crosby Kemper Collection, gift of the Enid and Crosby Kemper Foundation, 2003.03.01

Right: Joseph Stella, Two Pink Water Lilies, 1943, silverpoint and crayon on paper, 11 x 12 1/2 in. Collection of B. Dirr

Page 13: Joseph Stella, Lyre Bird (detail), ca. 1925, oil on canvas, 54 x 30 1/8 in. Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, gift of Stephen C. Clark, 1954.21

GETTING STARTED WITH NATIVE PLANTS

A Look at the Brandywine's Approach to the Landscape

Throughout the Brandywine's campus in Chadds Ford, visitors encounter beautiful gardens featuring wildflowers and plants that are native to this region. These gardens serve as a living representation of the organization's mission to preserving and promoting both art and the environment. Beyond their aesthetic value, native plants provide many ecological benefits—they are more sustainable, require less water, filter pollutants from stormwater, mitigate soil erosion and provide critical food and habitat for local wildlife. In the following article, learn more about the evolution of the Brandywine's garden program and why you should consider using native plants in your own landscape.

When the Brandywine Museum of Art first opened its doors to the public in 1971, the landscape that greeted visitors consisted of a rather meager display of non-native, conventional landscape plants. There were espaliered crab apple trees and low-growing shrubs from China, complemented with oil-filled tiki lamps flanking both sides of the entrance walk to help visitors find their way after sundown. Just a few years later, in 1974, the overall design of the campus landscape shifted in approach to focus on plants that were indigenous to the area. So much of the artwork created in the Brandywine Valley and on view in the Museum had been inspired by the regional landscape— and with native plants providing a substantial portion of that inspiration, it quickly became a natural fit to start incorporating these plants into the campus landscape.

As native plant species are, and always will be, inseparable components of both the visual and ecological integrity

of this region (as they are within all other regions), they were the perfect choice for physically representing the sensibilities of an organization devoted to preserving, protecting and sharing the natural and cultural history of the Brandywine Valley.

Why Native Plants?

By simple definition, native plant species are those that have inhabited a specific geographic region for many thousands of years. Through the process of evolution, they have become increasingly better at thriving within the environmental factors that summarize the region in which they grow. Without any additional assistance, these plants have successfully adapted to local growing conditions and soil types and more easily survive the seasonal patterns of rainfall, flooding, drought, humidity and temperature extremes. Once established, they typically do not require supplemental water or fertilizer.

For a myriad of reasons, native plants have also become co-dependent with the region’s wildlife. Every living creature directly or indirectly derives its life from plants—and, typically, not just any plants will do. Monarch caterpillars, for example, have an essential need for milkweed plants or they will not survive. Other species of pollinators also have similar requirements with different plants. Using native plants in the Brandywine’s designed landscapes directly fulfills wildlife needs while also involving less human intervention and maintenance than is often required with non-native plants that have evolved within other ecosystems.

Making the Switch

While the choice to use native plants on the Brandywine’s campus was a logical decision, implementing them into the landscape posed numerous logistical challenges. In the mid 1970s, commercial availability of native plants was extremely limited. Those that were available had typically been removed from their wild locations, put into pots and held in nurseries for a period of time, so that proprietors could claim their plants were “nursery grown.” Many of those plants did not survive the transition into the ground.

For a fledgling organization with the right scruples and limited resources, one solution was to propagate plants from locally collected seeds. For example, the much beloved display of Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica)—or “Brandywine Bluebells,” as we like to call them—that occurs every spring around the Museum originated with a collection of seeds taken from wild populations growing along the Brandywine Creek. But to successfully collect those seeds meant learning everything about the process. What did these seeds look like? When were they ripe? How did one collect them in a practical manner?

And how were they best cleaned and then stored to keep them alive? It also took some time for staff to learn how to get collected seeds to germinate predictably and then to figure out how to best manage and grow out seedlings until they were large enough to be planted into display areas.

From Seed to Sale

After much trial, error and refinement during those early years, the Brandywine now has a thriving seed collection and propagation program. Today the campus gardens feature approximately 400 native plant species that provide a succession of bloom from early spring through the first killing frost. These efforts also culminated in the organization’s first-ever public native plant sale in 1982, held over Mother’s Day weekend at the Museum—which has continued annually into the present day. While the offerings were slim that first year, the sale has progressively grown in size over the decades—expanding last year to over 250 different plant species offered, including trees, shrubs, vines, ferns, grasses and flowering herbaceous plants.

Staff and volunteers also collect and clean seeds of about 125 different native

species on campus that are then offered for sale year-round to homeowners, research scientists, landscape restorationists and commercial plant nurseries. With ever-expanding public awareness of their importance, the private and commercial demand for regional native plants and their seeds continues to grow at an encouraging pace— far in excess of what the Brandywine’s seed program can supply each year.

For nearly five decades, the Brandywine has utilized its Wildflower and Native Plant Gardens program to promote the appreciation, use and preservation of our regions’ native plants—both honoring the visual character of the Brandywine Valley and strengthening its ecological integrity. This unique contribution to the organization’s mission has been made possible through the orchestrated and combined efforts of its earnest, inspired and dedicated garden volunteers.

No matter the season, we hope you take some time to notice, enjoy and appreciate the Brandywine’s gardens during your next visit. n

Photos by Mark Gormel

LEARN MORE ABOUT NATIVE PLANTS:

Throughout the year, don't miss the Brandywine's ongoing series of native plant programs—including virtual and in-person offerings—focused on providing tips, tricks and further education on how to incorporate native plants into your own landscape. See what's coming up next at www.brandywine.org/events

WILDFLOWER, NATIVE PLANT & SEED SALE

MOTHER’S DAY WEEKEND

MAY 13 & 14, 2023

9:30 A.M. TO 4:30 P.M.

Members Preview Sale: Friday, May 12, 1–4:30 p.m.

Photographs by Mark Gormel

Native plantings not only add beauty to your yard, but also provide habitat for the many critters that share our neighborhoods. At a time when wild areas are rapidly becoming developed and fragmented, special emphasis is being placed on the residential landscape’s ability to provide year-round sustenance and support for pollinators and other wildlife. Interested in creating your own garden that services the needs of both humans and animals? Here are some tips to consider before breaking ground:

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Observe the many factors that shape your landscape.

Note how the sun tracks across your yard and for how long; where stormwater runoff crosses your property or pools; and what type of soil you have (ex. clay, loam, sand). Every property is unique and comprehending the characteristics of your yard will better aid you in choosing the right plants for your place.

Envision your future garden and the life you will spend there.

Are you looking to create a shaded area of tranquility or a sunny space that will add color and vibrancy? Determining the type of garden that will bring you the most joy will aid in narrowing down your plant palette.

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Start small.

It is better to allow your garden to grow commensurate with what you can manage. Gardens are work, but they are rewarding overall—especially when growing with native plants, because they are often quick to establish, require little input to grow well, and the wildlife benefits can be immediately enjoyed.

Design your garden in layers to build a structurally diverse environment.

Down in the herbaceous layer, utilize a mixture of plants that have different leaf shapes, textures, flower structures and heights. Above, you can include a suitable collection of shrubs, understory trees and canopy trees. This will establish a broad array of habitat value that can be executed on any scale. A diverse planting scheme serves a diversity of wildlife and functions, in addition to creating an aesthetically appealing display.

Observe, experiment and have fun!

We try our best to grow plants in the conditions where we believe they will thrive, but sometimes they have other ideas. It's important to observe the happenings in your garden and take note of how plants grow and reorder themselves. This will enable you to react and experiment with different plantings to better inform your future garden plans. Gardening is a fun, dynamic and creative way to express yourself—and when done with native plants, it is also immensely rewarding for you and the many critters that will rely on the bounty your yard will provide!

Plant Ideas to Get You Started

Below are some sample planting schemes* for different light and moisture conditions. All plants highlighted are perennial, meaning they will return year after year. Plants were chosen that can be grown easily in suitable conditions—but are still adaptable— and will give you a long season of bloom interest when planted together.

Plants for Sun

DRY TO MOIST SOIL

• Wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)†

• Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa)

• Culver’s root (Veronicastrum virginicum)—also grows well in moist to wet soil

• Showy aster (Eurybia spectabilis, Aster spectabilis)

• Showy goldenrod (Solidago speciosa)

MOIST TO WET SOIL

• Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica)†

• Larger blue flag (Iris versicolor)†

• Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata sbsp. pulchra)

• Flat-topped white aster (Doellingeria umbellata, Aster umbellatus)

• Rattlesnake master (Eryngium aquaticum)

†Also grows well in shade

Plants for Shade

DRY TO MOIST SOIL

• Allegheny pachysandra (Pachysandra procumbens)

• Wild geranium (Geranium maculatum)

• Sweet-scented Joe-pye weed (Eutrochium purpureum, Eupatorium purpureum)

• Bluestem goldenrod (Solidago caesia)

• Blue wood aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium, Aster cordifolius)

MOIST TO WET SOIL

• Golden ragwort (Packera aurea, Senecio aureus)‡

• Marsh marigold (Caltha palustris)

• Spiderwort (Tradescantia virginiana)‡

• Forest sunflower (Helianthus decapetalus)—also grows well in dry to moist soil

• White turtlehead (Chelone glabra)‡

‡Also grows well in sun

*Within each planting scheme, plants are listed according to bloom time—from spring to fall.

Photos by Mark Gormel

Wharton Esherick’s Studio.

Photo courtesy of the Wharton Esherick Museum

CRAFTING A CREATIVE COLLABORATION

Take a peek behind the scenes of an exciting new exhibition in the making with Brandywine’s Senior Curator, Amanda C. Burdan, Ph.D.

One of the many things that makes a visit to the Brandywine Museum of Art special is taking a tour of one of our historic artist studios. Both the N. C. Wyeth House & Studio and the Andrew Wyeth Studio properties are a part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Historic Artists' Homes and Studios (HAHS) program. This coalition of 55 historic sites helps to preserve and interpret the private realms where art was made, offering visitors the opportunity to experience the power of place.

Another nearby HAHS property is the Wharton Esherick Museum, located in Malvern, where this remarkable artist (1887-1970) lived and worked for over four decades. His groundbreaking approach to wood—a medium he explored to create an extraordinary range of work including woodblock prints, drawings, sculpture, design objects and furniture—led him to be known as the father of the Studio Furniture Movement, which elevated handmade, functional objects crafted with bold, experimental techniques and forms.

Taking the artist’s own studio as the genesis for an exhibition, the Brandywine Museum of Art is collaborating with the Wharton Esherick Museum and its Director of Curatorial Affairs and Strategic Partnerships, Emily Zilber, to present a major exhibition in which a rich selection of works—many of them leaving the studio for the first time—will envelop visitors in

the richly crafted world Esherick created in his home and studio, located atop Valley Forge Mountain in Chester County. These interiors, the artist said, represented “an autobiography in three dimensions.” In addition to the exhibition, a beautifully illustrated catalogue will provide scholarly commentary that expands on the importance of the studio for Esherick.

Less than 25 miles apart, the studios of Esherick and the Wyeths represent the great range of artistic inspiration in this area in the twentieth century. These renowned artists lived parallel lives, situating their studios outside the city life of Philadelphia and welcoming students and visitors to experience their sanctuaries in Malvern and Chadds Ford respectively. To celebrate the breadth of artistic talent in the region, the Brandywine is bringing the magical world of Esherick out of his studio and into Brandywine's galleries. In collaboration with the Wharton Esherick Museum, the Brandywine will open The Crafted World of Wharton Esherick in the fall of 2024.

Watch for more information on this exciting collaboration as the exhibition draws nearer. n

–Amanda C. Burdan, Ph.D., Senior Curator

Wharton Esherick, Music Stand, 1960, walnut and cherry, 44 1/2 x 20 x 20 in. Wharton Esherick Museum Collection.

Photo by Eoin O’Neill, courtesy of the Wharton Esherick Museum

Wharton Esherick, circa 1960. Photo by Susan Sherman, courtesy of the Wharton Esherick Museum

A NEW SEASON OF ARTIST STUDIO TOURS AT THE BRANDYWINE

For visitors to the Brandywine Museum of Art, experiencing original works of art and learning about their creation doesn’t end in the galleries. From April through November, Brandywine has three National Historic Landmark sites available to visit: the N. C. Wyeth House & Studio, the Andrew Wyeth Studio, and the Kuerner Farm. These sites present a rare opportunity to stand in the locations where art was made and to gain a deeper appreciation for the works on view inside of the Museum.

The artists’ studios are members of the Historic Artists’ Homes and Studios program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, a coalition of 55 historic sites that were the homes and working studios of American artists. Brandywine is fortunate to have two of these sites of creative expression, which allow visitors to peek into artists’ personal spaces and explore their tools and techniques— along with the sometimes unusual props they collected.

New this year at the Andrew Wyeth Studio will be a focus on the creation of Jamie Wyeth’s work, Draft Age (1965), which was painted in the young artist’s first studio space adjacent to his father’s. A highlight of the N. C. Wyeth Studio is the recently conserved birchbark canoe, which the artist purchased in 1938 from an antiques dealer in Maine. Over 18-feet long, the canoe is believed to be the product of the Penobscot nation, of the Wabanaki Confederacy. It dates from the early nineteenth century, making it one of the oldest known birchbark canoes in existence.

The Kuerner Farm remains a place of continuing inspiration with an ongoing series of plein air classes offered by the Brandywine. These programs enable artists across media to respond to the historic landscape and buildings which were significant subjects for Andrew Wyeth for over 70 years. More information on these programs, offered seasonally throughout the year, is available on Brandywine’s website at www.brandywine.org/events.

Explore the Studios!

Now open for the season through November 19, 2023, guided tours of both studio properties are offered at select times on Wednesdays through Sundays. Kuerner Farm is also open for limited tours on two Fridays this year: May 5 and June 2. All tours depart from the Museum and tickets can be reserved in advance at www.brandywine.org/studios. n

Virtual Studio Tours

For those who are unable to visit in person or would like a preview of the studios, virtual tours are now available on Brandywine’s website at www.brandywine.org/virtual-studios

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Top left: N. C. Wyeth Studio.

Photo by Daniel Jackson

Top right: Andrew Wyeth Studio.

Photo by Carlos Alejandro

RAMP GARLIC BREAD

A recipe from the Millstone Café

Featuring garlicky ramps as the star ingredient, this "Ramp Garlic Bread" recipe adds a tasty twist to a classic favorite—a perfect treat to make during ramp season this spring! From our kitchen to yours, we hope you enjoy this seasonal recipe from the Millstone Café’s Executive Chef, Justin Rumsey.

Ingredients:

• 7–8 stalks of ramps, with the leaves separated from the whites

• 1/4 cup pistachios

• 1/2 ounce grated parmesan cheese

• 1 Tbs fresh lemon juice

• 1/4 tsp salt

• 1/4 tsp black pepper

• 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes

• 1/3 cup olive oil

• 1 loaf French bread, sliced in half lengthwise

• 1/2 pound fresh mozzarella, thinly sliced

• 2 Tbs chives, for garnish (optional)

Steps:

• Bring a small saucepan of salted water to a boil. Blanch the ramp leaves for 30 seconds, and then shock them in small bowl of ice water to stop cooking.

• Roughly chop the white parts of the ramps and pulse in a food processor until minced. Add the ramp leaves, pistachios, parmesan, lemon juice, pepper flakes, salt and pepper. Puree the mixture and drizzle in the olive oil while the food processor is running to make a pesto.

• Set oven to broil. Arrange French bread on a sheet pan and drizzle with olive oil. Top each piece of bread with sliced mozzarella and broil for three minutes (or until cheese has melted and the bread is golden on the edges).

• Remove bread from the oven and spread the ramp pesto on top. Garnish with chives and serve immediately. Enjoy!

EVENTS CALENDAR

May–September 2023

May

3

ARTZ-Connect at Brandywine

11 a.m.–12 p.m. +

A welcoming virtual program for visitors with dementia and their caregivers.

7

Stewardship Walk at the Laurels Preserve

9–10 a.m. +

Enjoy a leisurely hike around the Laurels Preserve.

Free First Sunday at Brandywine

9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. +

Enjoy free all-day admission to the Museum and join creative art activities for all ages.

Plein Air Painting Workshop with Randall Graham at the Andrew Wyeth Studio

9:30 a.m.–4 p.m.

Explore Andrew Wyeth’s studio with local award-winning artist Randall Graham, and sketch or paint this iconic setting.

12

Stroller Tour

10:30 a.m. ^

A guided gallery tour designed especially for adults accompanied by babies.

12–14

Members’ Shopping Weekend

9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

Members enjoy an extra 10% discount–for a total of 20%* off—items online and in-store at the Museum Shop. *Some exclusions apply.

12

Wildflower, Native Plant & Seed Sale: Member Preview

1–4:30 p.m.

13 & 14

Wildflower, Native Plant & Seed Sale

9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

19 & 21

Plein Air Day at Kuerner Farm

9:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m.

Artists working in all media are invited to sketch or paint this National Historic Landmark.

20

92nd Radnor Hunt Races

Benefiting the Brandywine Conservancy

24

Flaneur in the Footsteps of Wyeth

10–11:30 a.m. +

Join Brandywine and Kennett Library to meander our campus trails familiar to Andrew Wyeth while encountering words of some of the great flaneurs in literature and art.

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June

4

Free First Sunday at Brandywine

9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. +

Enjoy free all-day admission to the Museum and join creative art activities for all ages.

6 Evening at Kuerners: Plein Air at Kuerner Farm

4–8 p.m.

Artists working in all media are invited to sketch or paint this National Historic Landmark.

7

ARTZ-Connect at Brandywine

11 a.m.–12 p.m. +

A welcoming virtual program for visitors with dementia and their caregivers.

9

Stroller Tour

10:30 a.m. ^

A guided gallery tour designed especially for adults accompanied by babies.

10

Stewardship Walk at the Laurels Preserve

9–10 a.m. +

Enjoy a leisurely hike around the Laurels Preserve, guided by our Preserve Stewards.

16

Joseph Stella: Visionary Nature Member Preview Party

6–8 p.m.

17

Plein Air Painting Workshop with Randall Graham at the N. C. Wyeth House & Studio

9:30 a.m.–4 p.m.

Explore N. C. Wyeth’s House & Studio with local award-winning artist Randall Graham and sketch or paint this iconic setting.

21-23

Plein Air Painting with Fran Atkinson

10 a.m.–4 p.m.

Explore Brandywine’s campus and sketch or paint this iconic setting with instruction by artist Fran Atkinson.

25

Stewardship Walk at the Laurels Preserve

9–10 a.m. +

Enjoy a leisurely hike around the Laurels Preserve, guided by our Preserve Stewards.

28

Chef’s Table Dinner

6 p.m.

30

Plein Air Evening at Painter’s Folly

4–8 p.m.

Artists working in all media are invited to sketch or paint this historic setting.

2

Free First Sunday at Brandywine

9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. +

Enjoy free all-day admission to the Museum.

5

ARTZ-Connect at Brandywine

11 a.m.–12 p.m. +

A welcoming virtual program for visitors with dementia and their caregivers.

Museum Explorers Family Workshops

Thursdays in July

10 & 11 a.m.

Creative workshops for children ages 3 to 10 accompanied by their grownups.

9 Stewardship Walk at the Laurels Preserve 9–10 a.m. +

13 Creative Escape Workshop

6–8 p.m.

Unwind, mingle and make art. BYOB!

14 Stroller Tour 10:30 a.m. ^

A guided gallery tour designed especially for adults accompanied by babies.

19 Summer Garden Walk

10–11 a.m.

A guided walk through the native plant gardens on the Brandywine’s Chadds Ford campus.

26

Evening at Kuerners: Plein Air at Kuerner Farm

4–8 p.m.

28

Concerts in the Courtyard

6 p.m.

Enjoy a concert under the stars in the Museum’s outdoor courtyard.

29

Stewardship Walk at the Laurels Preserve

9–10 a.m. +

Enjoy a leisurely hike around the Laurels Preserve, guided by our Preserve Stewards.

Sensory-Friendly Saturday: Nature’s Palette

9–10:30 a.m. +

Individuals on the autism spectrum or with sensory processing disorder and their families are invited to join us for early access to the Museum and creative and accessible activities.

August

6

Stewardship Walk at the Laurels Preserve

9–10 a.m. +

Enjoy a leisurely hike around the Laurels Preserve, guided by our Preserve Stewards.

6

Free First Sunday at Brandywine

9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. +

Enjoy free all-day admission to the Museum and join creative art activities for all ages.

11 Stroller Tour

10:30 a.m. ^

A guided gallery tour designed especially for adults accompanied by babies.

11

Concerts in the Courtyard

6 p.m.

Enjoy a concert under the stars in the Museum’s outdoor courtyard.

17

Evening at Kuerners: Plein Air at Kuerner Farm

4–8 p.m.

Artists working in all media are invited to sketch or paint this National Historic Landmark.

26

Stewardship Walk at the Laurels Preserve

9–10 a.m. +

Enjoy a leisurely hike around the Laurels Preserve, guided by our Preserve Stewards.

Radnor Hunt Races

May 20, 2023

Celebrate 92 years of steeplechasing on the Main Line. With everything from amazing tailgates and fancy hats, to the parade of antique carriages and thoroughbreds racing for the finish, Radnor Hunt Races is a day filled with excitement and fun. It’s also about Racing for Open Space as all proceeds benefit the clean water and open space programs of the Brandywine Conservancy. Reserve your tickets now!

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3

Free First Sunday at Brandywine

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6

ARTZ-Connect at Brandywine

11 a.m.–12 p.m. +

A welcoming virtual program for visitors with dementia and their caregivers.

8 Stroller Tour

10:30 a.m. ^

A guided gallery tour designed especially for adults accompanied by babies.

10 & 16

Stewardship Walk at the Laurels

Preserve

9–10 a.m. +

Enjoy a leisurely hike around the Laurels Preserve, guided by our Preserve Stewards.

20

Fall Garden Walk

10–11 a.m.

A guided walk through the native plant gardens on the Brandywine’s Chadds Ford campus.

23

Bike the Brandywine

Choose from three scenic bicycle loops that take in the Brandywine Creek Greenway and surrounding countryside. Proceeds benefit the Brandywine Conservancy.

NEW BOOK RELEASE!

Where are the Cowboys?

Searching for the King Ranch Cowboys in Doe Run

The history of the King Ranch in Unionville, PA comes alive with this exciting new

publication.

Author Kathleen Hood teamed up with the former King Ranch Cowboys and local artist Randall Graham to create a book that captures the essence of life on the ranch from the cowboys’ perspective. Where are the Cowboys? provides factual information on the ranch operation, historic photos and videos, and is sure to be enjoyed by the entire family. Order your limited edition copy today!

Purchase the book at the Brandywine Museum Shop or online at www.BrandywineMuseumShop.org

All proceeds from the sale of this publication are donated to the Brandywine Conservancy.

COMMUNITY PARTNER SPOTLIGHT

Get to know one of the Brandywine Conservancy’s partners in preservation: the Buck & Doe Trust. Over the years, the Trust has been a key partner in continued conservation successes within the greater Unionville, PA area—home to the Brandywine’s Laurels Preserve and the famed King Ranch lands.

Formed in the mid-1980s, by the original 30+ purchasers and organizers of the local King Ranch preservation project, the Trust—comprised now of almost 300 members—supports and boosts the community’s conservation ethic through education and activities, which has led to over 32,000 acres of contiguous preserved land. Before the King Ranch preservation project, there were only a handful of original landowners in the area who had vast property holdings. Today there are over 400 families—many of which are new to the area. “The Buck & Doe Trust serves as a hub for the region’s

landowners to learn and understand the rich history of the area and to create and foster a sense of community with shared conservation values,” said Amy McKenna, Buck & Doe Trust President. “It was also the original intent of the Trust to have a network in place to support preservation if the easements were ever challenged. Conservation is highly regarded today though it was really an unknown concept and practice 40 to 50 years ago.”

The Trust is a leader in committing to significant on-the-ground conservation efforts to assist the Brandywine and other conservation organizations. Their work includes kiosk and trail improvements in the Laurels Preserve, as well as fundraising for the restoration of the Preserve’s beloved covered bridges and its recent expansion project. Through programs such as the popular “Spring Fling” annual pancake breakfast, easement landowner events, and environmental educational

seminars, the Trust has successfully harnessed community awareness and support for conservation for almost 40 years.

“The Trust continues to tell the story of this area for new landowners, so that they can understand it took a collective effort of many people—including W. Plunkett Stewart, Mrs. Hannum, Lammot du Pont, the Kleberg family and others— to preserve this significant history and landscape,” added McKenna. And thanks to the Buck & Doe Trust, they inspire the community to continue the conservation work for generations to come. n

IN MEMORIAM

Irénée “Brip” du Pont, Jr. (January 8, 1920–January 16, 2023) was one the Brandywine’s earliest and most loyal donors. Grants from Crystal Trust, the foundation created by his father in 1947 and overseen by Mr. du Pont for many decades, funded dozens of significant projects at the Brandywine over the years.

An engineer by trade, Mr. du Pont understood the need for robust mechanical systems. Through Crystal Trust, he funded many capital projects at the Brandywine that increased efficiency and saved critical operating funds. Having known Andrew Wyeth from a young age, he also had a soft spot in his heart for projects related to the Wyeth family. As a result, he and his fellow trustees approved grants over the years that improved lighting in the Museum’s Mill galleries, shored up the historical properties, and replaced the organization’s cooling towers—to name only a few of the many important projects that benefited the Brandywine and its visitors.

Mr. du Pont was well-known for his intelligence, generosity and humility. Above all else, he was kind. In appreciation of his kindness and for his meaningful contributions over the years, staff planted 10 winterberry bushes in Founders’ Grove—located in Potts Meadow, along the Brandywine’s campus—to honor Mr. du Pont’s 100th birthday in January 2020. A year later, those bushes were interplanted with native plants in memory of his beloved wife, Barbara. Today, those plantings thrive together, a fitting tribute to the couple’s 77 years of marriage and to their many years of generous support that have left the Brandywine better off and positioned for more success in the years to come.

Photo credit: Jim Graham

MEMORIALS & TRIBUTES

The Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art gratefully accepts and acknowledges gifts in honor or in memory of family and special friends, and in appreciation of our staff and volunteers. Recent gifts include:

IN MEMORY OF C. WAYNE "SKIP" ACHUFF JR.

Business & Professional Association of Western Delaware County

Ms. Deborah Deveney

Ms. Sandy DuBose

Ms. Carolyn L. Duff

EMO Stables LLC

Ms. Carol L. Griffin

Mr. & Mrs. Ronald J. Herrschaft

Ms. Kathy Hodgson

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hoppe

Ms. Sarah N. Kenia

Martha Makanna

Mr. & Mrs. Donald W. Much

Ms. Mona Phillips

Mrs. Gail L. Pitone

Suzanne Regnier & Greg Papiernik

Mr. John R. Tease

Mr. Christopher Waroblak

Mr. & Mrs. George F. Wintersteen

IN HONOR OF ANN & JOE ARMSTRONG

Henry & Libby Howell

IN MEMORY OF SUSAN BOOKER

Ms. Marietta E. Rizzone

IN HONOR OF DR. RICHARD CRUZ

Dr. Hilary A. Frost

IN MEMORY OF MR. FRANCIS IRÉNÉE DU PONT

Mrs. Lydia W. Bartholomew

Ms. Helen Reed

Mrs. Margaretta K. Stabler

IN HONOR OF SHEILA FLEMING

Mr. & Mrs. Charles Fleischmann V

IN HONOR OF MRS. MARTHA FREIBOTT

Mrs. Linda Handling

IN MEMORY OF DR. BENJAMIN F. HAMMOND

Mr. & Mrs. George F. Wintersteen

IN MEMORY OF MRS. NANCY KERRIGAN

Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Gardner

IN MEMORY OF HERBERT V. KOHLER JR.

Ms. Amy Bartley

Mr. Steven J. Berg

Buck & Doe Trust, Inc.

Mr. & Mrs. John C. Gregory Jr.

Ms. Michelle Kummer

Ms. Virginia A. Logan

Mrs. Amy Molepske

Mr. Pete Stout

Toll Brothers Foundation

Mr. Cuyler Walker

Mr. James Webster

IN HONOR OF HARRY LEWIS AND ELISA LEWIS

Debbie Rosenbaum

IN MEMORY OF JERRE H. LIEBERMAN & RUTH RASMUSSEN LIEBERMAN

Vickie Manning

IN MEMORY OF FRANK G. LOGAN II

Marjorie Carriger

Mark & Donna Gormel

Margaret Hoffman

Mr. Robert Stephens

The Robert Osterhold Family

IN HONOR OF LIESL MAHONEY

Mrs. Sally Aglidian

IN MEMORY OF MR. CHESTER MCCABE

(in addition to previous gifts)

Ms. Rebecca Fitton

IN HONOR OF DON & JEANNE MELL'S 25TH WEDDING

ANNIVERSARY

Kathleen & Andrew Dinsmore

IN HONOR OF MICHAEL MEMOLI'S BIRTHDAY

Mr. & Mrs. Jack M. Hines Jr.

IN MEMORY OF MRS. NANCY L. MOHR

(in addition to previous gifts)

The Buck Family

Dr. Betsy R. DeMarino & Mr. Edward E. Weisbrod

Mrs. Audrey F. Donohue

Mr. William J. Price V

Mr. Robert Pearson

Mr. & Mrs. Morris W. Stroud II

Mr. & Mrs. David C. Teetor

Hon. & Mrs. Lawrence E. Wood

IN MEMORY OF JOHN F. MORRISON

Ms. Mary E. Black

Mr. Robert C. Bosco

Mr. Michael Freeman

IN MEMORY OF BETTY LOIS MUELLER

Ms. Mary Hazuka

IN MEMORY OF ROCCO ANTHONY ROMANO

Ms. Dee Fitzpatrick

Mrs. Madeline Goldpaint

Mark & Donna Gormel

Ellen Hawkins

Ms. Marie Hawkins

Mr. & Mrs. Roland Heck

Ms. Palma Hess

Ms. Donna Josey

Mr. Will Kolbe

Mrs. Susan Markert

Ms. Beverly Marler

Ms. Theresa May

Dr. Edward Mopsik and Kaye Appleman

Ms. Karen Rodgers

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Shannon

Mr. Frederick Soulas

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Tice

Ms. Louise D. Tobin

Wednesday Critter Volunteers

Mr. & Mrs. Hubert P.W. Wolf

Ms. Ellen Yan

IN HONOR OF W. DONALD SPARKS II, ESQ. The LeFrak Trust Company

IN HONOR OF MORRIS W. STROUD (in addition to previous gifts)

Bill & Kay Iredale

IN MEMORY OF MR. EDWARD TRAHAN (in addition to previous gifts)

Ms. Susan B. Trahan

IN HONOR OF CUYLER H. WALKER

Mrs. Lydia W. Bartholomew

IN MEMORY OF LOUIS C. AND BARBARA R. WASHBURN (in addition to previous gifts)

Ms. Elizabeth W. Pesce

IN HONOR OF THE ENGAGEMENT OF MAC WEYMOUTH & FRANCIE LEIDY McCoy duPont Weymouth

IN MEMORY OF GEORGE A. "FROLIC" WEYMOUTH

(in addition to previous gifts)

Thomas & Mary Page Evans

Mr. & Mrs. R. Scott Schroeder

Ms. Meemie Sullivan

IN MEMORY OF CAROLYN WYETH

Ms. Leslie Davis Guccione

IN MEMORY OF PHYLLIS WYETH

Thomas & Mary Page Evans

P.O. Box 141, Route 1

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EXHIBITIONS

Joseph Stella: Visionary Nature

June 17–September 24, 2023

Abstract Flash: Unseen Andrew Wyeth

July 29, 2023–February 18, 2024

Contemporary Children's Book Illustrations

October 14, 2023–February 25, 2024

Brandywine Railroad

November 18, 2023–January 7, 2024

Jamie Wyeth: Unsettled

March 16, 2023–June 9, 2024

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Cover Image: Bluebells in bloom along Brandywine's River Trail