From Reading Public Museum
Pictured above: Cynthia W. Iliff (American, 1907-1998), Arranging Flowers, watercolor on paper, 18 1⁄2 x 23 1⁄2 inches, Museum Purchase, 1934.31.1. This work and others will be on display in Her Brush, Her Story: Women Watercolorists, opening at the Reading Public Museum on Saturday, June 21.
The Reading Public Museum announces its third summer exhibition: Her Brush, Her Story: Women Watercolorists. The exhibition will be on display in The Museum’s Works on Paper Gallery from Saturday, June 21, through Sunday, Aug. 17. This exhibition joins an exciting lineup of previously announced exhibitions: Patrick McGrath Muñiz: Recolecciones /Recollections (Saturday, May 31, through Sunday, Aug. 24) and TOYTOPIA (Saturday, June 14, through Sunday, Sept. 7). As always, The Museum is hoping to offer something for everyone.
Drawn from the permanent collection of the Reading Public Museum, Her Brush, Her Story: Women Watercolorists gathers over 40 watercolor paintings from the late 19th century through contemporary times. The medium of watercolor was traditionally associated with women painters because it was clean, light, inexpensive, widely available, and could be taught as a pastime in the home or at school. However, the artists featured in this exhibition broke out of that traditional mold, becoming teachers in art schools and universities, exhibiting regularly in museum exhibitions, and building successful careers. RPM Curator Scott Schweigert noted, “It’s rewarding to be able to shed light on this talented group of artists, many of whom are not well-known beyond the region. RPM has been collecting works by women artists since its earliest days. This show, drawn from our rich collection, helps advance their stories and recognizes the fine paintings they produced.”
The exhibit features landscapes, still lifes, portraits, cityscapes, and industrial scenes. Works by women with national reputations like artist/illustrator Cynthia Iliff (1907-1998), Ethelyn Pratt Cobb (1884-1973), and Irene Aunio (1919-2013), to artists who have local ties to Reading or southeastern Pennsylvania like Mary Hiester Reid (1854-1921), Mary B. Leisz (1876-1935), Hazel Feltman (1916-1980), and Elizabeth Hurwitz (1903-1975) among others, will be examined. A feature article about the exhibition was recently published in the spring issue of American Art Review magazine.
The Reading Public Museum is supported in part by grants from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and is located at 500 Museum Road, Reading, PA. Admission per day is $10 for adults (18- 64), $6 for children/seniors/college students (w/ID), and free to members and children three years old and under. The Museum is open daily from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Learn more at www.readingpublicmuseum.org.
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