RPM is CLOSED for the holiday!
Have a Merry Christmas.
RPM will reopen on Wednesday, Dec. 26.
From the Christmas Collection -
John Wanamaker commemorative pewter plate "Christmas, Reading - 1972" made by Wilton-Armetale.
It pictures the Reading Public Museum inside an evergreen wreath, with a raised 5-segmented decorative edging. John Wanamaker Department Store's annual Christmas plate series in Reading, Pennsylvania.
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One of the best parts about Thanksgiving (other than being thankful, of course) is the food! Every year all over the country we cook mountains of tasty foods and scrumptious desserts in celebration of the holiday. .
Food is universal, and feasting is a celebratory act across many cultures. The way meals are prepared, served, and stored varies by cultural tradition in a lot of interesting ways! Take a look at the implements that different cultures have used throughout history across the world. .
Pennsylvania German, c. 1820-1860, Butter Mold, wood, 2 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches, Museum Purchase, 1935.190.5.5. .
Japanese, 1868-1926, Food Carrier or Picnic Box, wood, nashiji lacquer, 12 x 12 1/2 x 6 1/8 inches, Museum Purchase, 1932.811.8. .
Inuit Peoples (Alaska), Ulu (Woman’s Kinfe), iron, wood, 4 1/2 x 5 1/8 x 7/8 inches, Museum Purchase, 1927.2348.1. .
English, Plate, ceramic, 8 3/4 inches, Gift, Rev. A.D. Pell Collection, 1926.279.1. .
Panamanian, Food Vessel, stone, 6 3/4 x 12 3/8 x 5 3/4 inches, Museum Purchase, 1927.2588.1. .
Chinese, 12th-10th century BC, Tripod Wine Vessel (Jue), bronze, wood, Museum Purchase, 1928.217.1. .
Aboriginal Peoples, Australia, Coolamon (Food Carrier), wood, 2 x 12 3/4 x 6 1/8 inches, Museum Purchase, 1932.162.1.
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Hopi Peoples, 1870s, Decorated Food Bowl, earthenware with white and black slip, 5 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches, Gift, Smithsonian Institution, 1915.81.21. .
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Happy birthday to William Merritt Chase! 🎨🎉 Born on this day in 1849, Chase was the oldest of six children. At the age of 23 he moved to Munich where he was heavily influenced by the Old Masters. 1878 brought Chase back to New York, though he continued to make several trips back to Europe, where he came into contact with many other important painters of the time, including Alfred Stevens, John Singer Sargent, and James McNeill Whistler. After a successful career as a portraitist, Chase died in New York in 1916.
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Come see some of his works along with his palette and brush in Across the Atlantic: American Impressionism through the French Lens, on display at The Museum until January 20!
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Used by William Merritt Chase (American, 1849-1916), Artist’s Palette, wood and oil paint, 18 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 1/4 inches, Gift, William Ferguson, 1961.145.1.
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William Merritt Chase (American, 1849-1916), Girl with Doll, oil on canvas, 17 1/4 x 14 inches, Museum Purchase, 1932.389.1. .
William Merritt Chase (American, 1849-1916), Portrait of a Boy in Van Dyck Costume, oil on panel, 19 3/8 x 14 3/8 inches, Museum Purchase, 1939.342.1. .
William Merritt Chase (American, 1849-1916), My Palette, oil on canvas, 20 x 24 inches, Museum Purchase, 1931.907.1.
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Edward Francis McCartan, American, 1879 -1947, Girl Drinking from a Shell, c 1915, bronze, Gift, Ferdinand Thun and Henry Janssen, Reading Public Museum This is one of two known life-size castings of McCartan’s Drinking Girl, the other one is at Norfolk’s Hermitage Museum and Gardens #edwardfrancismccartan #edwardmccartan #bronzesculpture #americansculpture #americanart #readingpublicmuseum #rpmvault #drinkinggirl #artnouveau #artnouveausculptureShare Your Thoughts
Perfect light for dancing in the Arboretum. .
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Guy Dill. American. 1946-. Hayden. 2009. Bronze. Gift. Mr. and Mrs. Irv Cohen. .
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The Lotus Pool by Colin Campbell Cooper🎨
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Cooper painted en plein air, a technique popular with impressionist painters where the artist would work outside in order to utilize natural light. .
Cooper's use of impressionist palette and brushstrokes in his oil paintings was inspired by Childe Hassam, who painted impressionist views of New York as early as 1890. Equally competent at watercolor painting, Cooper developed a technique of applying watercolors on canvas in a way that makes the finished work look like an oil painting.
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By the early 1920s, there were several landscapes that attracted the attention of Cooper, and this scene of El Encanto (The Enchanted) became a favorite for the artist. He made several paintings of the pond and pergola. The flourishing greenery and natural light relay his mastery of the plein air technique. .
See more impressionism in Across the Atlantic: American Impressionism through the French Lens now through January 20, 2019 at The Museum.
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🎨 Le Quai Sainte-Catherine, Martigues, France by Arthur Watson Sparks
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Though he is better known for his role at the Carnegie Institute of Technology (In 1908, Sparks established the Department of Painting and Illustration at the Carnegie Institute of Technology), Sparks had built up an impressive portfolio of his own. He had traveled extensively through Europe, where he was able to learn about the style of the Impressionists. In this scene of the harbor of Saint Catherine in Martigues, France, Sparks’ use of light, evident in the shadows, reflections in the water, and on the facades of the buildings, demonstrates his ability to capture its effects.
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Sparks, in seeking to enliven his parents painting without losing the value of academic technique, began to adopt the freedom of Impressionism. In a noticeably decorative manner he learned to subordinate his basically academic approach to the effects of light, color, and atmosphere.
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See more impressionism in Across the Atlantic: American Impressionism through the French Lens now through January 20, 2019 at The Museum.
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Happy #NationalFossilDay !
Fossils are the remains or traces of plants and animals that lived long ago. This can include anything from an enormous dinosaur skeleton to the impression of delicate ferns. Studying these fossils allow us to trace the history of the earth and the evolution of different organisms and is crucial to our understanding of our universe, our planet, and our own origins.
Come on out and show your appreciation for these amazing scientific curiosities! If you’d like to get involved, check out the events being held by the National Park Service as they celebrate National Fossil Day at https://www.nps.gov/subjects/fossilday/index.htm.
Photo 1: Diatryma
Photo 2: Fossilized trilobite
Photo 3: Fossilized raindrops
Photo 4: Fossilized plant remains
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Blue and Gold by Richard Blossom Farley: In this painting, a dark-haired woman with a flower in her hair reclines slightly on a chair. She wears a blue dress and looks away from the viewer. Farley specialized in portraits, such as this one, with the suggestion of opulent interiors. This painting is remarkable for its rich textures; the elaborate pattern on the wall covering, the patterned upholstery on the settee, and luminous fabric of the sitter’s dress. Richard Blossom Farley studied at PAFA with William Merritt Chase, and in France with James Abbot McNeill Whistler. He exhibited in several competitions and venues over the years until retiring to the artists’ colony in New Hope, PA.
See more impressionism artists in Across the Atlantic: American Impressionism through the French Lens now through January 20, 2019.
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Happy Birthday to Jean- François Millet!
Born in 1814 in Gruchy, France, Millet was a genre painter and graphic artist who was famous for his depictions of country peasants. After a stint in Paris, Millet moved to Barbizon in 1849 and became associated with the Barbizon School of landscape painters. From his new home in the country, Millet became interested in issues of social justice and began to depict the peasantry as hard-working and noble people. His Realist style and interest in showing the humanity of peasant life scandalized his contemporaries. Nevertheless, his work grew in popularity.
Jean-François Millet (French, 1814-1875), The Diggers, c. 1855, ink on paper, Gift, Kathryn M. Klingeman, 2006.4.27.
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Pack your scarf and mittens for a journey northward to the land of the midnight sun: Scandinavia. This exhibition features works from RPM’s collection from Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Norway. Portraits, stunning views of fjords and harbors, and the Aurora Borealis “northern lights” are just some of the subjects of the works of art. Artists such as Frits Thaulow (1847 – 1906), Anders Zorn (1860 – 1920), Frants Didrik Bøe (1820 – 1891), and Hans Andreas Dahl (1849 – 1937), among others, will be included in the exhibition, which is on view in the Meinig Family Gallery.
Join us for a Reading Symphony Orchestra Quartet performance this Saturday, October 6 in the exhibition.
On view through January 13, 2019.
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Frants Didrik Bøe, Norwegian, 1820 – 1891, Lapp in Aurora, oil on canvas, Gift, J. I. Good Estate, 1924.891.1
Hans Andreas Dahl, Norwegian, 1849 – 1937, Norwegian Fjord, 1890s, oil on canvas, Museum Purchase, 1916.26.1
after Bertal Thorvaldsen, Danish, 1770 – 1844, Venus with Apple, first half of 20th century marble, Museum Purchase, 1978.130.1CShare Your Thoughts
Group of recent gifts from the late Luther Brady, MD of Philadelphia: l to r: Jimmy Lueders, Ben Kamihira, Ronald Bateman; Warren Rohrer, Liz Osborne, Murray Dessner #lutherbrady #philadelphiaartists #philadelphiaart #pafacademy #pafafaculty #elizabethosborne #murraydessner #benkamihira #warrenrohrer #ronaldbateman #jimmylueders #readingpublicmuseum #rpmvaultShare Your Thoughts
Frank W Benson, American, 1862 - 1951, On Grand River, c 1930, oil on canvas, Reading Public Museum, with Daniel Garber’s large Goat Hill on the far wall #frankwbenson #frankbenson #americanimpressionism #americanart #americanpainting #impressionism #danielgarber #readingpublicmuseum #rpmvaultShare Your Thoughts
Anton Mauve, Dutch, 1838 - 1888, Return of the Flock, c 1880, oil on canvas, Reading Public Museum, Gift, George Horst, 1917.7.1, A leading member of The Hague School—the Dutch counterpart to the Barbizon School, Mauve gained recognition for his genre subjects drawn from life in southwestern Holland. His prices varied depending on whether the picture featured ‘sheep coming ‘ or , as in this work, the slightly less expensive ‘sheep going’ . #antonmauve #hagueschool #thehagueschool #dutchpainting #dutchartist #dutchimpressionism #readingpublicmuseum #rpmvault #dutchrealism #sheepShare Your Thoughts
Richard Blossom Farley, American, 1875-1951, Blue and Gold, 1912, oil on canvas, Gift, George D. Horst, Reading Public Museum, 1917.3.1 An extraordinary portrait in a wonderful Stanford White designed Newcomb-Macklin Frame. This portrait was exhibited at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco in 1915 #richardblossomfarley #richardfarley #americanpainting #americanart #americanartist #stanfordwhite #newcombmacklin #readingpublicmuseum #rpmvaultShare Your Thoughts
Raphaelle Peale, Lemons and Sugar, c 1822, oil on panel, Anonymous Gift, Reading Public Museum. Fresh from the conservator, and gearing up for international travel. The painting will be included in the upcoming exhibition: Once Upon A Time in America: Three Centuries of US-American Art at the Wallraf-Richartz Museum in Cologne, November 23, 2018 - March 24, 2019 #raphaellepeale #americanstilllife #americanpainting #pealefamily #wallrafrichartzmuseum #readingpublicmuseum #rpmvaultShare Your Thoughts
Dutch, 17th century floral still life, oil on copper, Reading Public Museum, Gift, Lew Bloom, 1914.3.1, pendant to yesterday’s post #dutcholdmasters #dutchstilllife #dutchpainting #dutchartist #dutchart #oldmaster #readingpublicmuseum #rpmvaultShare Your Thoughts
Dutch, 17th century floral still life, oil on copper, Reading Public Museum Gift, Lew Bloom, 1914.4.1 , 20 x 17.25 in, #dutcholdmasters #dutchstilllife #dutchpainting #dutchart #oldmaster #oiloncopper #readingpublicmuseum #rpmvaultShare Your Thoughts
Peter Frederick Rothermel, American, 1812-1895, Christ Among the Doctors, 1861, oil on canvas, 62.5 x 75 in, Gift, the children of Thomas De Quartel and Agnes C Richardson, Reading Public Museum #peterfrederickrothermel #peterrothermel #rothermel #americanpainting #americanart #oldmaster #pennsylvaniapainter #readingpublicmuseum #rpmvaultShare Your Thoughts
Hermann O. Herzog, American, b in Germany, 1832-1932, El Capitan, Yosemite, Sentinel Rock, 1876, oil on canvas, 60 x 84 in, Reading Public Museum, Museum Purchase, 1917. Herzog’s masterpiece was shown at the 1876 centennial exhibition, where it was awarded a prize. Herzog traveled to the West in 1874-5, where he sketched the Sierra Nevada and Yosemite. #hermannherzog #hermanherzog #americanpainting #americanlandscape #americanart #americanpainter #yosemite #yosemitenationalpark #sentinelrock #elcapitanyosemite #readingpublicmuseum #rpmvaultShare Your Thoughts
