This exhibit showcases the remarkable journey of Wharton Esherick, a struggling artist who turned to woodworking and created iconic furniture pieces.
The Crafted Work of Wharton Esherick is the largest exhibit of items drawn from the artist’s Paoli home and studio, ever. Furniture designed by Wharton Esherick in Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art's ongoing 'The Crafted Work of Wharton Esherick ' show. Esherick built walnut music stands, which were considered an icon by art and furniture historians. One such was commissioned by Merion's Nathan Rubinson for his wife, Rose, a cellist.
The couple liked the stand so much, they became collectors and friends.In the late 1930s, the Philadelphia-born Wharton Esherick (1887-1970), a struggling artist, bought two barrels of hammer handles at a local auction. For years, the painter, who’d trained at what became known as University of the Arts and at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, had scarcely sold any of his canvases. Living on a homestead near Paoli with a wife and three children to support, Esherick had lately turned to woodworking for income, hewing sculptural and utilitarian forms. With the barrel’s contents — variously sized ash and hickory shafts — Esherick fashioned three dozen chairs, each costing a mere $1.76 to make. He bartered the chairs to thein Media in exchange for his daughter’s acting classes. Soon Esherick, too, had an audience, as wealthy theatergoers encountered the chairs and subsequently commissioned his innovative furniture for their homes., a biography written by Esherick’s son-in-law, Mansfield “Bob” Bascom, Bok reflected on the woodworker’s increasingly ambitious and expensive creations, which now included bespoke fireplaces, dining tables, and desks. “Never in my wildest dreams did I think it would be so beautiful — or cost so much,” he sai
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