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Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series: Benjamin West (1738-1820) was the first American artist to win international acclaim. This exhibition of 37 paintings and 50 drawings served as a comprehensive survey of his career and included two of the earliest known portraits by West, painted in his native Pennsylvania, a version of his first historical commission in England, and one of his best-known history paintings, William Penn's Treaty with the Indians. Darrel L. Sewell, the Robert L. McNeil Curator of American Art; Joseph J....

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The Philadelphia Museum of Art acquired 15 award winning paintings from the Cheltanham Art Centre's Annual Awards Exhibition in 1985 and organized a small installtion for public dispay in the director's corridor for four weeks in 1986.

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Ann Percy organized an exhibition of works by Philadelphia artists, including 36 drawings, watercolors, and collages.

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Richard S. Field, Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs at the Yale University Art Gallery and Waddington Graphics, London organized this exhibition of the works of Richard Hamilton. Ellen S. Jacobowitz and the artist later worked together to install the exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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Richard S. Field, Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs at the Yale University Art Gallery and Waddington Graphics, London organized this exhibition of the works of Richard Hamilton. Ellen S. Jacobowitz and the artist later worked together to install the exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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Richard S. Field, Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs at the Yale University Art Gallery and Waddington Graphics, London organized this exhibition of the works of Richard Hamilton. Ellen S. Jacobowitz and the artist later worked together to install the exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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"Form in Art" was an occassional exhibition featuring works produced in connection with the Education Department's studio art classes for people who are blind or visually impaired.

Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series: The Detroit Institute of Art organized a stunning Diego Rivera retrospective in honor of the 100th anniversary of his birthday, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art hosted the only east coast stop on the exhibition's international tour. Rivera, an artist from Mexico made famous as a leader of the Mexican mural renaissance, was active internationally throughout the early decades of the 20th century. Darrel Sewell, Curator of American Art, installed 100 paintings; 140 drawings, watercolors, and...

Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series: The Detroit Institute of Art organized a stunning Diego Rivera retrospective in honor of the 100th anniversary of his birthday, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art hosted the only east coast stop on the exhibition's international tour. Rivera, an artist from Mexico made famous as a leader of the Mexican mural renaissance, was active internationally throughout the early decades of the 20th century. Darrel Sewell, Curator of American Art, installed 100 paintings; 140 drawings, watercolors, and...

Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series: The Detroit Institute of Art organized a stunning Diego Rivera retrospective in honor of the 100th anniversary of his birthday, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art hosted the only east coast stop on the exhibition's international tour. Rivera, an artist from Mexico made famous as a leader of the Mexican mural renaissance, was active internationally throughout the early decades of the 20th century. Darrel Sewell, Curator of American Art, installed 100 paintings; 140 drawings, watercolors, and...