3:02 p.m., April 16, 2007--A new exhibition at the University Museums explores the rich artistic tradition of the Brandywine Valley.
“In Tradition: Works by Brandywine Artists” opens Saturday, April 21, in the University Gallery in Old College and runs through Friday, July 20. The exhibition consists of 45 works selected from UD's Permanent Collection, the Brandywine River Museum and private individuals.
Featuring illustrations, landscapes, seascapes and portraits, the show explores and celebrates the Brandywine Valley tradition as exemplified in the work of the region's most prominent 20th-century artists. The artists include Stanley M. Arthurs, Clifford Warren Ashley, Howard Pyle, Frank E. Schoonover, Newell Convers Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth, Henriette Wyeth Hurd and George A. Weymouth.
Exhibitions curator Judith Cizek, who joined the University Museums staff in 2006, previously was curator of 20th-century and contemporary art at the Delaware Art Museum. She also has held positions as director of the Koehnline Visual Arts Center in Des Plaines, Ill., and as assistant curator of photography at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
The University Museums galleries are open 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays; 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Wednesdays; and 1-4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. They are closed on Mondays and University holidays. Admission is free.
For more information, visit [www.udel.edu/museums] or call (302) 831-8037.
