Childe Hassam, (1859-1935), Le Jour du Grand Prix, 1887, oil on canvas.

Double Lives: American Painters as Illustrators, 1850-1950

September 6 - November 23, 2008

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About the Exhibition
This exhibition and its accompanying catalogue (available in mid-October) explores the often uneasy relationship between the art of easel painting and the art of illustration. It focuses on artists who were an important part of the history of the narrative tradition in American culture and who practiced both easel painting and illustration in the years between 1850 and 1950. Among the artists represented are Winslow Homer, N.C. Wyeth, Frederic Remington, John Sloan, Grant Wood, and Rockwell Kent. The exhibition is organized by guest curator Richard Boyle and the New Britain Museum of American Art (Connecticut). The presentation of this exhibition at the Brandywine River Museum is supported by the Davenport Family Fund for Exhibitions.
About the Museum
Exhibiting American art in a 19th-century grist mill, the Brandywine River Museum is internationally known for its unparalleled collection of works by three generations of Wyeths and its fine collection of American illustration, still life and landscape painting.