BRANDYWINE RIVER MUSEUM OF ART

This museum, opened in a former mill of the 1971 th century in, is entirely dedicated to American painters, especially those of the Brandywine Valley. The collection includes landscapes of the valley, the trompes, the illustrations and numerous works of the Wyeth family, artists from the father's area to the son. The famous illustrator Howard Pyle taught at Chadds Ford (in particular, he painted many paintings inspired by the Battle of Brandywine) and several of his students were exposed: Edwin Austin Abbey or Maxfield Parrish. His emphasis on knowledge and in-depth observation of the subject and how to create a form of tension in the scene influenced N.C. Wyeth, which was one of his students. To understand better, the Hunter (1906) table must be observed. But in the Wyeth family, you can also ask the son, Andrew, famous for his landscapes in Pennsylvania (see Pennsylvania Landscape, 1941) or grandson Jamie, whose portraits are vivid of realism. His Portrait of a Pig (1970) is so detailed that it looks like a photo and it is possible to discover also the portraits of choreographer Nureyev or President Kennedy. By adding $ 5 to the ticket price, the most interested can, at certain times of the year, visit the Wyeth house and workshop, a few minutes from the museum.