The Brandywine Museum of Art has a unique experience this season, allowing visitors to tour the Wyeth family's artists' studios and see some of the works created there.
You can peek into the lives of three generations of artists with a tour of the N. C. Wyeth House and Studio and the Andrew Wyeth Studio.
Amanda C. Burdan, Senior Curator at the Brandywine Museum of Art, calls the Wyeth artists' studios inspiring spaces.Both are National Historic Landmarks owned and operated by the Brandywine Museum of Art. Burdan says the tours allow visitors to walk in the footsteps of an artist so they can see the world through their eyes, in the landscape that they lived and worked in.Andrew's father, N.C. Wyeth, is known today as a great illustrator for his work on adventure classics like "Treasure Island.""You had props and knickknacks and pieces of history," says Burdan.Andrew grew up in the space that would become his studio and he lived here with his wife, Betsy.
For visitors to be able to see both the works of art and where they were created. Burdan says, "it's really a total experience."Burdan says that because the works of art in that exhibition were part of Andrew and Betsy Wyeth's personal collection, almost all the work has never been seen before by the public.is on view at the Brandywine Museum of Art through July 30 and the Wyeth Artists' Studio Tours run through mid-November.
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