2015-05-24 to 31: Vacation in several phases: (1) Mom, Olenka, Hanka & Elzunia; (2) Longwood Gardens & Brandywine Valley, PA; (3) Ocean City, MD; (4) William, Marek & Kelly; & (5) Kasia, Rysio & Stephanie
Saturday evening we all went out to dinner; and Sunday (May 24) we had brunch at Hanka’s, followed by a photo-shoot. By the evening, we were home, and made plans for the rest of our vacation. We decided to visit Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania & the Brandywine River Museum; we also decided to go, after that, to Ocean City, Maryland. On Monday (May 25) morning, we made hotel reservations; we repacked; and headed-out in the early afternoon.
Tuesday (May 26) morning went to Longwood Gardens; and spent all day there.
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- At the Canopy Cathedral Treehouse
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- The Italian Water Garden
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- The Peirce-du Pont House
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- In the Conservatory
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- Silver Garden
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Next morning (Wednesday May 27), we went to the Brandywine River Museum, featuring the artwork of N.C. (Newell Convers) Wyeth and his son Andrew Wyeth, among others, including Horace Pippin. [I was VERY disappointed that Christina’s World, by Andrew Wyeth, which is on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, is not on display in THIS museum.]
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- The Nation Makers, by Howard Pyle (1902) — Howard Pyle created compositions specifically conceived to ignite the viewer’s imagination. The Nation Makers epitomizes the artist’s spirited view of the Battle of Brandywine during the American Revolution, conveyed through energetic brushwork, dramatic contrasts of scale, cropping and strong diagonal lines Pyle employed. The Ntion Makers was painted during Pyles’s fouth summer of teaching illustration in Chads Ford in 1902. At that time, the village was preparing for the 125th aniversary of the Battle. The re-enactment of historic events in the landscape surrounding him inspired his version. Pyle considered The Nation Makers among his most important works, and between 1903 and 1908 he sent it on tour to New York, Chicago, Detroit, and Green Bay. In 1903, the publishers of Colliers Weekly secured the painting’s copyright and published it in the magazine’s June 2, 1906, issue as the frontpiece.
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- Portrait of Pig (1970), by Jamie Wyeth
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And, we took a tour of N.C. Wyeth’s house and nearby studio.
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Once we were done, we drove to Ocean City, Maryland for the next phase of our vacation.
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