Come and learn about Pyle and the Pre-Raphaelites, an exhibition that brings together two of the Delaware Art Museum’s signature collections: the founding collection of work by Howard Pyle, the artist who created an American illustration tradition, and Samuel Bancroft’s collection of British Pre-Raphaelite art, which is the largest concentration of Pre-Raphaelite work outside of […]
Join us! The DelArt Readers, a community-led book club, meets monthly to discuss, debate, celebrate, and share both works of fiction and non-fiction. Our selections are focused on art, artists, and/or the artistic process either in general or in response to the Museum’s collections or exhibits. In addition to our interest in art and artists, […]
Emma Leuschner will explore the history of Painter’s Folly, a c. 1856 Italianate mansion in Chadds Ford that later became home to Howard Pyle’s summer art school and a private studio for Andrew Wyeth. Drawing on archival research and showcasing materials from the Helen Farr Sloan Library & Archives, she will examine how the nearby […]
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