Member Preview – Making American Artists: Stories from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1776-1976

Oct 26, 2025

12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Members, today is your day!

Get an exclusive preview and hear from the curator of Making American Artists: Stories from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1776-1976, Dr. Anna O. Marley.

Marley is the former Chief of Curatorial Affairs and Kenneth R. Woodcock Curator of Historical American Art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where she curated over fifteen exhibitions. She is a highly respected scholar of American art and material culture from the colonial era to today. She now serves as the Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Toledo Art Museum.

Schedule:

Member Exclusive Gallery Access and Family Activities
12-5 pm

Conversation with the Curator Featuring Dr. Anna O. Marley
1-2 pm

Registration for the Conversation with the Curator is highly recommended to ensure your seat, though walk-ins are welcome as space allows.

As always, admission to the Taubman’s special ticketed exhibition and Member-Exclusive Preview events is free for Museum Members.

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EXHIBITION PREVIEW

Gilbert Stuart (American, 1755-1828), George Washington (The Landsdowne Portrait), 1796, oil on canvas, 96 x 60 in., courtesy of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Bequest of William Bingham, 1811.2. Photograph by Adrian Cubillas.

Attributed to Joshua Johnson (American, active 1796-1824), Unidentified Woman, ca. 1810, oil on canvas, 32 1/2 x 24 in., courtesy of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Gift of Mrs. Edgar L. Smith, 1980.5.1. Photograph by Adrian Cubillas.

Charles Willson Peale (American, 1741-1827), The Artist in His Museum, 1822, oil on canvas, 103 3/4 x 79 7/8 in., courtesy of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Gift of Mrs. Sarah Harrison (The Joseph Harrison, Jr. Collection). 1878.1.2. Photograph by Adrian Cubillas.

Margaretta Angelica Peale (American, 1795-1882), Strawberries and Cherries, ca. 1813-1830, oil on canvas, 10 1/16 x 12 1/8 in., courtesy of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, source unknown, 1924.11. Photograph by Adrian Cubillas.

Thomas Moran (American, 1837-1926), Two Women in the Woods, 1870, oil on canvas, 20 x 30 in., courtesy of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Orton P. Jackson Fund in memory of Emily Penrose Jackson, 2015.19. Photograph by Adrian Cubillas.

Mary Cassatt (American, 1844-1926), Baby on Mother’s Arm, ca. 1891, oil on canvas, 25 x 19 ¾ in., courtesy of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Bequest of Peter Borie, 2003.15. Photograph by Adrian Cubillas.

Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910), Fox Hunt, 1893, oil on canvas, 38 x 68 1/2 in., courtesy of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Joseph E. Temple Fund, 1894.4. Photograph by Adrian Cubillas.

Georgia O’Keeffe (American, 1887-1986), Red Canna, 1923, oil on canvas, 12 x 9 7/8 in., courtesy of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, The Vivian O. and Meyer P. Potamkin Collection, Bequest of Vivian O. Potamkin, 2003.1.8, © 2023 Georgia O’Keeffe Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photograph by Adrian Cubillas.

Alice Neel (American, 1900-1984), Investigation of Poverty at the Russell Sage Foundation, 1933, oil on canvas, 24 1/8 x 30 1/8 in., courtesy of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia. Art by Women Collection, Gift of Linda Lee Alter, 2010.27.2, © The Estate of Alice Neel, Courtesy of The Estate of Alice Neel and David Zwirner. Photograph by Adrian Cubillas.

Horace Pippin (American, 1888-1946), John Brown Going to His Hanging, 1942, oil on canvas, 24 1/8 x 30 1/4 in., courtesy of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, John Lambert Fund, 1943.11. Photograph by Adrian Cubillas.

Edward L. Loper (American, 1916-2011), Sunday Afternoon, 1948, oil on canvas, 20 x 24 in., courtesy of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, and Edward Loper Sr., Gift of Dr. George J. Roth, 1970.34. Photograph by Adrian Cubillas.

Andrew Wyeth (American, 1917-2009), Young America, 1950, egg tempera on gessoed board (“Renaissance Panel”), 32 1/2 x 45 5/16 in., courtesy of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Joseph E. Temple Fund, 1951.17, © 2023 Andrew Wyeth / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photograph by Adrian Cubillas.

Barkley L. Hendricks (American, 1917-2009), J. S. B. III, 1968, oil on canvas, 48 x 34 3/8 in., courtesy of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richardson Dilworth, 1969.17, © Barkley L. Hendricks, Courtesy of the Estate of Barkley L. Hendricks and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Photograph by Adrian Cubillas.