Jul 14, 2025
Mrs. Robert Wheelwright
Artist: Robert Brackman (American painter, 1898–1980)
Date: 1932
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware, United States
Description
Ellen du Pont Wheelwright was an artist and art collector. She was an important figure in the Wilmington art world. In 1951, she purchased the Howard Pyle Studios on Franklin Street in order to preserve them and avoid their being turned into apartments. This would become the home of The Studio Group, a Delaware arts institution.
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