Composing a Masterpiece: At the Intersection of Art and Music April 8, 2009

Ellen Pyle was one of a small number of women illustrators who created covers for the Curtis Publishing Company's Saturday Evening Post in the early 20th century. Joyce Schiller, Curator of American Art at the Delaware Art Museum, talks about the work of this pioneering artist, and argues that while many of the Post cover artists produced humorous vignettes, Pyle’s family-oriented covers grounded the Saturday Evening Post with a pointed reminder that, as Americans, our core value is family first.

The Art-at-Lunch series of talks on American art and culture take place every Wednesday from 12 noon to 1 p.m. Bring your lunch or purchase it in the Academy Café and enjoy discussions and lectures with scholars and artists covering a variety of topics related to the PAFA’s exhibitions, collections, and areas of interest. The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at 118 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA.

Art-at-Lunch is free to the public. For more information, contact PAFA at 215-972-2069 or visit our website: www.pafa.org/418.

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