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A new exhibition at the Brandywine River Museum, entitled “Milk and Eggs: The American Revival of Tempera Painting, 1930-1950,” was guest curated by Hilton Brown, Harriet T. Baily Professor of Art Conservation, with Richard J. Boyle, former director of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
The exhibition is the culmination of more than 10 years of research initiated by the Brandywine River Museum and carried out by Brown and Boyle, who interviewed many American artists using tempera in their paintings, including Paul Cadmus, Jacob Lawrence, George Tooker and Andrew Wyeth.
Tempera painting predates oil painting and was the primary medium for painters in Italy during the 14th century, replaced by oil painting in the 16th century. The renaissance of tempera painting by well-known American artists of the 20th century is the focus of the exhibition.
An illustrated catalog accompanies the exhibition with comprehensive essays by Brown, Boyle and Richard Newman, head of scientific research at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
“Milk and Eggs” will be at the Brandywine River Museum on U.S. 1 in Chadds Ford, Pa., through May 19, then travel to the Akron Museum of Art from June 15 through Sept. 1 and the Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas from Sept. 21 through Nov. 17.
April 10, 2002
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