"The Wyeths: Three Generations – Works From the Bank of America Collection" opens November 2nd at the Biggs.
This exhibition brings together more than 60 works of art by three generations of Wyeths. Paintings, drawings, and illustrations created by N.C. Wyeth, his son Andrew, his daughter Henriette, and his grandson Jamie are distributed across two floors of the Biggs Museum.
While many Delawareans may be familiar with the Wyeth family’s work, Biggs curator Laura Fravel says this exhibition is different.
“So this group of works has traveled across the country, it’s traveled internationally, it was shown in London recently, but it’s never been home to Delaware," Fravel said. "I think that offers a fresh perspective too, for people who may be familiar with the Wyeths, may see their work at the Brandywine or the Philadelphia Museum of Art, but have not seen these pieces. This is a part of the story that’s barely shown in this area.”
Fravel says the expansive collection recognizes important family contributions from the Wyeth family to American art.
“One thing that’s interesting about the show is that we have other members of the family as well, because it’s not just those three big names, but so many other members of the family - women of the family themselves - who became artists," Fravel said. "One that I’m excited about is Henriette who was Andrew’s sister who married one of N.C.’s students, Peter Hurd, and we worked them in to show this wider circle of the influence of the Wyeth family.”
"The Wyeths: Three Generations" runs through February 11th.
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