Tuesday, December 31, 2024

Brandywine River Museum of Art (12/31/2024)

Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Happy New Year!
Levon (16 months) (KSS)
Adaline at the N-gauge model railroad display in
The Wonderful World of Wyeth Miniatures exhibit,
Brandywine River Museum of Art; this display was
co-owned by Jamie Wyeth and Andy Warhol
This Lionel model train display belonged to Nicholas Wyeth;
both Jamie and Nicholas were sons of the artist Andrew Wyeth
A room from the dollhouse that belonged to
Ann Wyeth McCoy, daughter of artist N C Wyeth
The Christmas tree from the room above
Andrew Wyeth's Castle (1927, made by Andrew's older
brother Nathaniel, and painted by his father, N C Wyeth)
Adaline operates a button that makes Santa Claus
pop out of an open door in the tiny building to the left;
part of the annual Brandywine Railroad display
Andrew Wyeth Gallery: Selected Works by Andrew Wyeth:
Snow Hill (1989, by Andrew Wyeth) memorializes
people and places in the Chadds Ford (PA) area
Bayard & Mary Sharp Gallery: American Illustration:
Old Kris (c 1925, by N C Wyeth) was on
the cover of The Country Gentleman
magazine with a caption from the poem
"The Night Before Christmas" by Clement C Moore
Grandma S makes sure that Adaline
does not notice "Old Kris"
Third Floor Gallery: The Crafted World of Wharton Esherick:
Desk and chair (1929, with geometric forms found in
 German Expressionism, created by Esherick, known as
the father of the Studio Furniture Movement); in 1962
the original aluminum desk top was replaced with walnut
The Race (1925), these racehorses are among the first
three-dimensional objects created by Esherick  
Atrium:
The "Critters"  Christmas tree, decorated
with distinctive ornaments that
have been carefully handcrafted by a
dedicated group of Brandywine volunteers
using all-natural and foraged materials

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