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Bristol is as old as Pennsylvania. In 1681 Samuel Clift received title to 262 acres covering the original part of Bristol—the same day as the Proprietary Charter of Pennsylvania. The grant was for a tract of land on the Delaware River, “at the mouth
This Chippendale Cherry and Birch Reverse-Serpentine Chest of Drawers New England, circa 1775 has a molded top shaped to follow the contour of the front and ogee bracket feet. Everything is original except for all the brasses. more »
Mar 13, 2013 in Arts & Antiques
Perkasie, by the American Impressionist Walter Emerson Baum, is a painting acquired from a private collection. Baum was born in Sellersville, Pennsylvania in 1884 and was one of the few Pennsylvania impressionist artists actually born in Bucks County more »
Mar 13, 2013 in Arts & Antiques
Although Ken Peresta has been in the custom upholstery business since 1974, he says, “There is something new to learn every day.” That’s the attitude he is teaching his assistant, Dan Paglione, who some day may be the principal of Peresta’s Custom more »
Mar 13, 2013 in Arts & Antiques
A firkin is a small cask that was used for fish, some liquids, butter and so on. Originally it was a quarter of a barrel but later could be any small cask. This is a nice example of a country American firkin, retaining a wonderful “bittersweet” more »
Mar 13, 2013 in Arts & Antiques
What’s stunning about Oz Freegood’s “Green Tractor” is the its portrayal of a lush rural scene done in blues and greens with some contrasting earthier colors in the field and the use of red in part of the plow being dragged behind the tractor. This more »
Mar 13, 2013 in Arts & Antiques
It should come as no surprise that college art museums hold untold treasures. OK—maybe to a few us—and, hate to admit this, I count myself among the unenlightened. But a recent short jaunt to nearby Bethlehem set me straight. For tucked inside the picturesque campus of Moravian College, on the Priscilla Payne Hurd Campus off of Church Street (commonly referred to as the Hurd Campus) you’ll find The Frank E. and Seba B. Payne Gallery, established 31 years ago by Bucks County resident Priscilla Payne Hurd. And to those unfamiliar to it, it’s better known simply as the Payne Gallery. With one painting—her inaugural gift of “In the Studio,”1894, oil on canvas, by Susan MacDowell Eakins—and with a vision for the future, Mrs. Hurd established a treasure of an art gallery to be shared with the college’s students and the visiting public. Over the ensuing years she has gifted the gallery with more than 100 works of art, beginning with W. E. Schofield’s “Schofield’s Cottage” at the Payne Gallery’s dedication in 1982. Unlike Isabella Stewart Gardiner, who stipulated that no works of art be added or moved from its placement in her museum in Boston, Mrs. Hurd set no such restrictions for Moravian’s Payne Gallery, opting instead to set the wheels in motion for both a growing permanent collection and a venue for changing exhibitions drawn from local artists and collections as well as from national and international. And what a marvelous vision she put in motion. On the day I visited, the Payne Gallery was celebrating its 30 years of exhibitions with one culled from its Permanent Collection entitled “Celebrate! Celebrate!” Most of the 30 works of art shown were by Bucks County Pennsylvania Impressionists, including Edward Redfield, Daniel Garber, Fern Coppedge, George Sotter and W. Elmer Schofield. To finish reading about the Payne Gallery turn to page 108 in the Spring Issue of Bucks County Magazine.
July 25, 2012