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- Throughout the year, PAFA presents special exhibitions, an outstanding permanent collection, and work by the region's most talented artists. Visit our galleries in the Historic Landmark Building, the Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building, as well as Maxfield Parrish's The Dream Garden at the Curtis Center.
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- Benjamin West, Death on a Pale Horse. This is an enormous canvas by West, over 25 x 14 feet. It’s inspired by the biblical passage from the Book of Revelation, which reads: “And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him.”
- Gilbert Stuart, George Washington (Landsdowne Portrait) The academy owns a whopping 24 paintings by Gilbert Stuart. It’s the best representation of his work in any museum, period.
- Charles Willson Peale, Artist in his Museum. Peale was one of the first portrait painters in the colonies. His Artist in his Museum painting is one of the academy’s most interesting historical portraits.
- Rembrandt Peale, Portrait of Jacques-Louis David. Peale had a bevy of children, who seemed to be all named after artists. The most talented among them was his son Rembrandt, who painted several portraits of George Washington.
With over 16,000 works, PAFA's ever-evolving and internationally renowned permanent collection ranges from 18th- and 19th-century masters Benjamin West, Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, and Mary Cassatt, to modern and contemporary artists including Charles Demuth, Jacob Lawrence, Alice Neel, Mickalene Thomas, Andy Warhol, and Kehinde Wiley. PAFA ...
Founded in 1805, PAFA is the first school and museum of fine arts in the nation. PAFA’s museum is internationally known for its collections of American art, and our school attracts some of the most committed and promising art students.
- Historic Landmark Building
- Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building
- Lenfest Plaza
- Dream Garden at The Curtis Building
PAFA’s Historic Landmark Building (HLB) is considered one of the finest surviving examples of Victorian Gothic architecture in America. Built by the Philadelphia firm of Frank Furness and George Hewitt, the HLB rises 70 feet above street level, and opened to the public on April 22, 1876. The HLB houses exhibition space, as well as classroom space f...
Built in 1916, the Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building (Hamilton) was originally home to the Hudson Motor Company. PAFA acquired the building in the early 2000s and formally renamed it in honor of board member Samuel “Sam” Hamilton (1924-1997). The Hamilton Building is home to the School of Fine Arts, as well as special exhibition spaces on the first, se...
Located between PAFA's Historic Landmark and Samuel M.V. Hamilton buildings, the plaza was constructed in 2011 and is open year-round. It features a three-part serpentine bench, mosaic pavers, plantings, and rotating works of emerging and established artists in an urban setting. Claes Oldenberg's Paint Torch(2011) is situated at its eastern end ove...
Curtis Building lobby (interior), 6th and Walnut Streets, entrance on 6th Street Hours: Monday–Friday, 7:00 AM until 6:00 PM Designated as the City’s first “historic object” by the Philadelphia Historical Commission, artist Maxfield Parrish's (1870–1966) landmark mural The Dream Garden (1914–1915), is a breathtaking mural not to be missed. Composed...
At once a celebrated museum and a prolific learning institution, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) has served as one of Philadelphia’s most important artistic hubs since 1805.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) is a museum and private art school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [4] It was founded in 1805 and is the first and oldest art museum and art school in the United States. [4]
Oct 22, 2020 · The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia is the oldest art museum and art school in the United States and features one of the country's best collections of American art.
