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    Ye Great Mogul of the Sketch Club: The Philadelphia Sketch Club and the Art of William Cresson

    Ye Great Mogul of the Sketch Club: The Philadelphia Sketch Club and the Art of William Cresson

    Presented by Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA)

    October 15-December 12, 2010


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    As part of the Philadelphia Sketch Club’s 150th anniversary celebration this exhibition of William Cresson’s sketchbooks and paintings highlight the PAFA student and Sketch Club member whose tragic death thwarted his artistic promise. Cresson died at the age of 25 before he was able to have a successful career as an artist and illustrator. William Emlen Cresson’s short life has left him little known in the mainstream of American art history, and yet his surviving work exhibits a high degree of accomplishment and suggests that he would have grown into a major talent in the Philadelphia artistic community. 


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      • Venue Info

        Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA)

        118 & 128 N. Broad Street
        Philadelphia, PA 19102

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      • Admission Info

        Tickets:

        Admission to the Permanent Collection:
        Adults: $10
        Senior (60+) and Students with I.D.: $8
        Youth ages (13-18): $8
        Child (12 and under, excluding groups): Free
        Admission to Special Exhibitions (includes the Permanent Collection):
        Adults: $15
        Senior (60+) and Students with I.D.: $12
        Youth ages (13-18): $12
        Child (12 and under, excluding groups): FREE
        Morris Gallery exhibitions and the ground floor of the Historic Landmark Building are free.

        Info Phone: 215-972-7600

      • Dates & Times

        Dates:
        October 15-December 12, 2010

        Times:

        Tuesday-Saturday, 10 am-5 pm
        Sunday, 11 am-5 pm
        Closed Mondays and legal holidays.

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