Heritage Museums and Gardens

It is so interesting where you find art when you start looking for it.   The Heritage Museums and Garden, located in Sandwich, Mass, is the largest public garden in Souther New England.  It is a very special place where you can easily spend an afternoon wandering in beautiful gardens and then shift gears and enjoy some fine art or a very impressive collection of vintage automobiles.  

After strolling through the beautiful and well maintained gardens, I arrived at the Special Exhibition Gallery to enjoy:

The Wyeths: America Reflected

The museum write up clearly states the purpose of the exhibition.

        “I want to show Americans what America is like,” Andrew Wyeth once declared. Together with his father N.C. and his son Jamie, Andrew Wyeth has helped to shape how Americans view themselves, their history, and their aspirations. Consisting of works by all three artists, the exhibition The Wyeths: America Reflected will elucidate such quintessentially American themes as: patriotism and the meaning of America; family; the significance of place; and the role of storytelling.

There is no doubt in this viewer's eyes that the Heritage people succeed wonderfully.  Is is easy in a gallery with the three Wyeth gentlemen to be overwhelmed by the classic works of N.C. Wyeth and frankly that happens to a certain degree at the Heritage show.  But N.C. Wyeth's works are so delightful I certainly didn't care. 

 Having said how pleasant it was to see numerous works by NC, I was more that excited when I moved on to explore the works of his son Andrew.  I spent a good hour at this small but delightful exhibitions, but I am afraid I I no longer recall which paintings had been selected.  So below are simply some of my favorite painting by Andrew Wyeth.

There were fewer works by Jamie Wyeth in this exhbitions; and, frankly neither my notes nor my memory allow me to recall which I saw on the July afternoon.  But here are a few of my favorites some of which may or may not have been send in Sandwich.

After spending a considerable part of the afternoon in the gallery, I finished a delightful walk along the garden trails.  Had a wonderful lobster roll in the Windmill Garden.  I think finished the afternoon with a visit to the J. K. Lilly III Automobile Gallery.  I only went into this gallery because I had time.  I was very surprised how interesting I found this robust collection.  Clearly, vintage cars lovingly restored and collected are also true works of art.