A Conversation with Peter Paone

Join acclaimed Philadelphia artist and teacher Peter Paone at the Brandywine Museum of Art for a fascinating discussion of his seven-decade career with guest curator Audrey Lewis. Known today largely as a painter, Paone experienced success as a printmaker—specifically as an etcher—early in his career. An exhibition of this compelling early work, In Shadows’ Embrace: Prints by Peter Paone, opens at the Museum on May 25. The display includes selections from Paone’s The Ten Commandments of Ambrose Bierce (1963), a major achievement for which the artist won the prestigious Guggenheim grant in 1965.

The Museum will open at 5:30 p.m. with the conversation at 6 p.m. and a reception to follow. For questions about this event please contact Mary Cronin at maryc@brandywine.org.
About the Artist

Peter Paone  was born in Philadelphia and educated at the Philadelphia College of Art. He has taught at Pratt Institute and The National Academy of Design in New York and at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. The artist’s many grants and awards include the 172nd Annual Painting Prize from The National Academy of Design. He spent three years in London on a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship and his work has been featured in solo exhibitions around the world.