Touring Exhibits

This exhibition highlights American landscape art from the 19th to 20th centuries, featuring 65 works from the Reading Public Museum’s collection. Explore the evolution from the Hudson River School to Impressionism, Tonalism, and Modernism, with paintings by artists like Frederic Church, Childe Hassam, George Inness, and Andrew Wyeth.

"Floating Beauty: Women in the Art of Ukiyo-e" explores Edo Period Japan’s portrayal of women through over fifty woodblock prints. Featuring works by masters like Utamaro and Hiroshige, the exhibition highlights women from literature, kabuki, and daily life, revealing their active roles beyond the traditional bijinga ideal of passive beauty.

This exhibition features over sixty 17th-century Dutch prints from the Reading Public Museum’s collection, highlighting the innovative period of etching. Showcasing works by Rembrandt, Goltzius, and others, it explores themes like everyday scenes, landscapes, and religious works, demonstrating the creative experimentation that defined this golden age of printmaking.

This exhibition features 37 works on paper by prominent women artists from the past four centuries, showcasing etchings, lithographs, drawings, and more. Highlighting pieces from the Reading Public Museum’s collection, it chronicles the rise of women as professional artists and their significant creative contributions throughout history.

This exhibition features over thirty woodblock prints and engravings by Albrecht Dürer, a German Renaissance master who revolutionized printmaking. Showcasing works from the Small Woodcut Passion, Life of the Virgin, and Engraved Passion series, it highlights Dürer’s intricate naturalism and innovation, alongside pieces by contemporaries like Albrecht Altdorfer.

"Whistler & Company" highlights James Abbot McNeill Whistler’s role in the 19th-century etching revival, featuring his Thames, Venice, and Paris scenes. The exhibition includes nearly a dozen works by Whistler alongside contemporaries like Haden, McBey, and Duveneck, showcasing the resurgence of etching as a standalone art form, inspired by the old masters.

"Painted Pages: Illuminated Manuscripts" explores the golden age of handmade books with intricate gold leaf and ornamentation. Featuring medieval European and non-Western examples, the exhibition showcases Bibles, prayer books, and more, highlighting the materials and techniques used. Most works date from the 13th to 18th centuries, including pieces from Otto Ege’s collection.