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Vernacular art at Winterthur. (Winterthur).(folk art collection at Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum)
When one thinks of the Winterthur Museum, many things come to mind--Philadelphia rococo chairs, tankards by Paul Revere, and portraits by John Singleton Copley among them. One generally does not associate Winterthur with vernacular--or folk--art. (1) Yet some of Henry Francis du Pont's (see p. 154, Pl. 1) important early acquisitions were objects made in vernacular traditions and reflect an interest in the fine and decorative arts produced in provincial areas.
Du Pont collected Pennsylvania German arts primarily between 1925 and 1935, although he continued to do so well into the 1960s. In his quest he had several important peers such as Titus Geesey (1895--1969), ...
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