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Centreville artist Linda Harris Reynolds focuses on capturing character and personality in her paintings.
The Brandywine tradition of representational painting continues to flourish—
and diversify.
By Roger Morris
Photos by Jim Graham
It all began with Charles Willson Peale, who was born on Maryland’s Kent Island in 1741 and became a devoted son of Philadelphia and the American Revolution.
After failing at saddle making and other trades, Peale discovered he could paint especially realistic portraits. He studied in England under Benjamin West and was later one of the founders of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1805. Known simply as the Academy or PAFA, the school taught generations of artists, most of whom became representational painters. Many of them practiced their profession in the nearby Pennsylvania countryside, where rural surroundings provided a surfeit of inspiration and subject matter.
Keeping It Real
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