Daniel Garber, The Studio Wall, 1914. Oil on canvas. H. 56 x W. 52 inches. Private Collection

Generous support from the The Lenfest Foundation

Additional funding has been provided by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Byers, Dana Garber Applestein and Tanis Garber-Shaw, Timothy P. Speiss, and the Women's Board of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, with media support from CBS 3/KYW Philadelphia.

Daniel Garber (1880-1958) was a mainstay of the Pennsylvania Impressionist group of painters, and was one of the most significant and decorated artists of his generation. Jointly organized by the James A. Michener Art Museum and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, this exhibition contains 170 of Garber's finest paintings and works on paper culled from the collections of both institutions as well as a number of private loans, and is curated by Dr. Lance Humphries, author of the Daniel Garber Catalogue Raisonné. Taking place concurrently at the Michener and PAFA, the exhibit will be split chronologically, with the works at the Academy examining the period of Garber's early work between 1897 and 1929, and the Michener examining his later work from 1930 through 1955.

Born in Indiana, Garber initially studied at the Cincinnati Art Academy but eventually enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy. When he and his wife returned from a period of study in Europe, they settled permanently near the Bucks County town of Lumberville. In 1909, Garber was invited to join the faculty of the Pennsylvania Academy, where he remained an instructor until 1950, exerting a strong influence on several generations of Academy students by upholding traditional aesthetic values of the late nineteenth century. During the first two decades of the twentieth century, he became noted for a series of paintings of local quarries that transformed landscapes disfigured by industry into serene and glowing scenes. He also painted dreamlike spring landscapes depicting blossoming trees in dazzling tonalities, as well as a number of quiet domestic figure paintings of family members.

Daniel Garber, Late Snow, Byram, 1936. Oil on canvas. H. 28.125 x W. 30 inches. James A. Michener Art Museum, Gift of Marguerite and Gerry Lenfest

Combined ticket for both museums: Adults, $18; Full-time students with ID, $12; Ages 6-18, $8; members and children under 6 are free.

Individual ticket for one museum: Adults, $12; Full-time students with ID, $8; Ages 6-18, $6; members and children under 6 are free.

Daniel Garber: Romantic Realist has been generously supported by The Lenfest Foundation. Additional funding has been provided by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Byers, Dana Garber Applestein and Tanis Garber-Shaw, Timothy P. Speiss, and the Women's Board of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, with media support from CBS 3/KYW Philadelphia.

Bucks County as Inspiration: A Driving Tour that highlights the sights and scenes inspirational to the work of Daniel Garber.