Wednesday, March 19
6:00–7:00pm | Zoom Webinar
In celebration of Making American Artists, join organizing curator Dr. Anna O. Marley for a lecture exploring the history of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and its lasting impact on American art. Discover how the academy’s artists helped shape the nation’s artistic legacy through their work in portraiture, history, genre painting, still life, landscapes, and more.
Registration Required. Zoom meeting information will be emailed to registrants on the day of the event. This event is moderated.
Edward Hopper, Apartment Houses, 1923, Oil on canvas, 24 x 28 15/16 in., Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia. John Lambert Fund, 1925.5. © Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. Photograph by Barbara Katus.
Barkley L. Hendricks, J. S. B. III, 1968, Oil on canvas, 48 x 34 3/8 in., Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richardson Dilworth, 1969.17. © Barkley L. Hendricks. Courtesy of the Estate of Barkley L. Hendricks and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Photograph by Adrian Cubillas.
Making American Artists: Stories from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1776-1976 is co-organized by the American Federation of Arts and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Lead support was provided to PAFA by the William Penn Foundation, with additional support from the Richard C. von Hess Foundation and donors to PAFA’s Special Exhibitions Fund. In-Kind support is provided by Christie’s and Gill & Lagodich Fine Period Frames, New York.
Making American Artists: Stories from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1776-1976 is the inaugural Ilene C. Siegler & Charles D. Edelman Exhibition. Additional support provided by William Hutchens. The Everson is supported by the Dorothy and Marshall M. Reisman Foundation; the General Operating Support program, a regrant program of the County of Onondaga with the support of County Executive, J. Ryan McMahon II, and the Onondaga County Legislature, administered by CNY Arts; and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
Dr. Anna O. Marley is the Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Toledo Museum of Art and formerly served as the Chief of Curatorial Affairs and the Kenneth R. Woodcock Curator of Historical American Art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
