This picture of farmland in central Pennsylvania is a panoramic view (more than four feet wide) capturing the natural effect of early-morning light. ![]() "The award for best of show was given to a truly exquisite pastel, Jack's Mountain, by Joseph Sweeney. Adelson, of The New York Times, Sunday, October 19, 1998: Following is a quote from the Water Color Club exhibition reviewer, Fred B. ![]() He was Awarded Best of Show at 'Images '98' Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts July 1998 and Best of Show for The Philadelphia Water Color Club 98th Anniversary International exhibition of Works on Paper. His geographic ranges for his paintings are from the farmland of interior Pennsylvania, to the shores of the Delaware and Schuylkill River Valley, to the southern tip of New Jersey. A landscape painter living in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, he has taught and is currently teaching classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, The University of the Arts, Wayne Art Center, Woodmere Art Museum, Cabrini College and Chester Springs Studio. He has a Masters Degree from Penn State University, 1980, Art & Architecture, and studied with Bruce Shobaken, Diane Pepe and Peter Jogo. He studied with and was influenced by: Isa Barnett, Sandy Ceaser, David Kettner, Boris Putterman, Gerry Herdman, Jack Andrews, Ray Spiller, Morris Schulman, Warren Rorher, David Fertig, Jane Piper, Sidney Goodman, and Lily Yeh. Joseph Sweeney graduated with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing from the Philadelphia College of Art (now the University of the Arts), Class of 1976. He was moved to paint landscape after watching the land he grew up on go from rural farms to suburban sprawl in the space of 10 years. Bill he attended the Philadelphia College of Art from 1972 to 1976. After 12 PM / Joseph Sweeney" on verso.īorn in Philadelphia, February 9, 1950, in the Delaware Valley, Sweeney began to study art seriously after serving two years in the navy in the North Atlantic. The city skyline stretches the length of the horizon, showing a gorgeous impressionist panorama of the city on the water. The clear, bright blue sky is mirrored by the blue waters of Philadelphia's Schuylkill River below. New York: Dover Publications, c1976.About Beautiful plein air urban landscape painting of the Philadelphia skyline on a beautiful sunny day, by Joseph F. Reprinted in: Old Philadelphia in early photographs, 1839-1914/edited by Robert F. 14) looks down upon the intersection of 2nd and Christian Streets and Moyamensing Avenue."-OPEP, p.įor commercial image use please contact Bridgeman Art, Īerial view of intersection, with residential row houses and commercial facilities. ![]() 13) is along Carpenter Street, and the northwest view (No. 11 and 12) above Old Swedes' Church (with the white spire) and Bethel Baptist Church in Front Street. The tall ship houses and dry dock of the Navy Yard, and the waterfront warehouses and docks, are visible in the east and east-southeast views (Nos. "The old city as viewed from Sparks' shot tower, located not far from Old Swedes' Church in Southwark, appeared to be busy and crowded with residences as well as buildings for trade and commerce. Additional Title: Panorama of Philadelphia from Sparks' shot tower, Northwest view, 1870 Media Type:
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