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AMERICAN ART
in a spectacular setting
Route 1, Chadds Ford, PA 610.388.2700 brandywine.org/museum
Jasper Cropsey, Autumn on the Brandywine River (detail), 1887
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“Worth the visit- a great learning experience surrounded by natural beauty.
Wharton Esherick Museum
Where the Dean of Craftsmen Was Inspired
Wharton Esherick, known as the “Dean of American Craftsmen,” called Chester County’s Brandywine Valley home. Esherick was a sculptor who worked primarily in wood, molding furniture, interiors and buildings. His work can be found in the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, among other places.
Esherick’s hilltop studio and residence in Paoli, Pennsylvania, remains one of his most creative endeavors. He was originally attracted to the site in 1913 by an unusually large wild cherry tree shading an old farmhouse that would eventually become his family’s home. When the tree died, he sawed its branches to make paneling in
the studio’s dining room. In 1972, the studio became the Wharton Esherick Museum and is now a National Historic Landmark for Architecture. More than 200 pieces of Esherick’s work are on display; the studio is open to the public for guided tours by appointment.
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