Three Generations of Wyeth Art:

A Fourth Generation Leads the Way

Victoria Wyeth
Victoria Wyeth and Lesley Stein, Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, PA
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For the Wyeths, art is definitely a family affair.  In her own way, Victoria Wyeth, a fourth generation family member (daughter of Nicholas Wyeth, granddaughter of Andrew Wyeth, great-granddaughter of N.C. Wyeth, and niece of Jamie Wyeth), is carrying on …

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Artist Daniel Douke Talks

Boxes, Pop Art and More

Daniel Douke iMac, 1999
Daniel Douke, iMac, 1999. Acrylic on canvas, 22 x 22 x 11 1/4 in. Collection of Rick and Dana Dirickson. Photo: Crocker Art Museum.
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Andy Warhol’s paintings of soup cans and Brillo boxes elevated mundane objects to high art in the 1960s.  Artist Daniel Douke continues that pop art tradition with his iconic paintings of iMac computer boxes.  Only Douke takes the object a …

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Paris Through the Window:

Marc Chagall and His Circle

Chagall's Paris Through the Window
Lesley and Marc Chagall's Paris Through the Window, 1913, Oil on Canvas
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The Philadelphia Museum of Art, the great neo-classical temple on the banks of the Schuylkill River, recently paid homage to the early modernist painter Marc Chagall and several of his contemporaries.  The exhibition, which ran from March 1, …

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What I Did on My Summer Vacation:

Part I

Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia Museum of Art
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It’s been years since I’ve experienced a three-month long vacation.  But now that I’m a student again, that’s exactly what I’ve been enjoying this summer.  My first adventure took me to southeastern Pennsylvania for a two-week visit with my Mother.  …

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