The current exhibit at Morven Museum and Garden is like three exhibits in one. In the opening rooms you are introduced to New Jersey artist John F. Peto (1854-1907), a leader in the trompe l’oeil genre. Text panels and numerous vintage photographs offer solid background on Peto’s early life, his development as an artist working … Continued
PUBLICATION: Reading Eagle WRITTEN BY BY RON SCHIRA, READING EAGLE CORRESPONDENT READING, PA — “Gary Erbe: 50 Year Retrospective,” viewing through Aug. 5 at the Reading Public Museum, is a national exhibition touring throughout 2018. It also has made its way through the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Ohio, and the Brinton Museum … Continued
PUBLICATION: NJ Stage (PRINCETON, NJ) — Morven Museum & Garden hosts Masters of Illusion: The Legacy of John F. Peto from November 15th 2018 through May 12, 2019. Morven has partnered with the John F. Peto Studio Museum, to present a new look at trompe l’oeil art in New Jersey. Trompe l’oeil, pronounced “tromp loi,” is a French … Continued
PUBLICATION: The Patch Morven is pleased to partner with the John F. Peto Studio Museum, to present a new look at trompe l’oeilart in New Jersey. Trompe l’oeil, pronounced “tromp loi,” is a French phrase meaning “to deceive the eye,” which is used to describe paintings that create the illusion of a three dimensional sc VISIT … Continued
PUBLICATION: Trib Live Pennsylvania may not be home to a major art market like New York City, but, nevertheless, many famous artists have hailed from the state. One need look no further than Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009), who is one of the best-known American painters of the mid-20th century. This realist painter used scenes in and … Continued
PUBLICATION: Design NJ John Frederick Peto, a 19th-century still life painter, never had a single exhibit in his lifetime. He lived quietly, he made quiet paintings and, when he died in 1907, the art world took little notice. Ironically, Peto’s obscurity has made him more accessible to art lovers today. A famous cosmopolitan painter might … Continued
At John F. Peto Studio Museum, Art That Fell From a Shaken Tree PUBLICATION: The New York Times By TAMMY LA GORCE Works by the artist John F. Peto are in the permanent collections of major museums including the Newark Museum, the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. But even locals in the … Continued
