Pennsylvania-based Historic Trappe strives to preserve and share the historic places, landscapes and heritage of the southeastern portion of the state. In mid-April, the organization will be hosting its first-ever Pennsylvania Antiques Show, a substantial showcase of 20th-century fine art and design, antiquities, folk art and Americana.
More than two dozen of the nation’s leading antiques dealers will be exhibiting during the upcoming show, including Arader Galleries, Rehs Galleries, A Bird in Hand, Barbara Israel Garden Antiques, David A. Schorsch–Eileen M. Smiles, H.L. Chalfant American Fine Art and Antiques, Diana H. Bittel, Elliott and Grace Snyder, Dixon-Hall Fine Art, Schwarz Gallery, Greg K. Kramer, Hilary and Paulette Nolan, James M. Kilvington, James L. Price, Jayne Thompson Antiques, Jeff R. Bridgman, Kelly Kinzle, Levy Galleries, Lillian Nassau, Nathan Liverant and Son, Olde Hope, Silver Art by D&R and Thurston Nichols.
Rae Sloane Bredin (1880-1933), Portrait of Jean. Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 in. Courtesy Gratz Gallery, Doylestown, PA.
Gratz Gallery, based in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, will be bringing an oil by Rae Sloane Bredin titled Portrait of Jean, depicting the artist’s daughter clad in riding attire. The gallery will also show a mixed media cityscape by artist and educator Walter Baum titled 59th Street Bridge.
Among the artwork New York City-based Rehs Galleries will be exhibiting is an oil on canvas by abstract still life artist Jane Gibson Piper titled Flowers and Fruit on a Round Mirror #2. Leighton Fine Art will be showing Theodore Earl Butler’s 1901 Embroidering in the dining room at Giverny, and Dixon-Hall Fine Art will show works by Morris Blackburn and Stella T. Elmendorf Tylor.
Morris Blackburn (1902-1979), Time and Space, 1942. Oil on canvas, 28 x 34 in., signed lower right: ‘Morris Blackburn’. Courtesy Dixon-Hall Fine Art, Chester County, PA
Theodore Earl Butler (1861-1936), Embroidering in the dining room at Giverny, 1901. Oil on canvas, 26 x 21½ in., signed and dated lower left. Courtesy Leighton Fine Art, Marlow, UK.
Historic Trappe is also looking to inspire the next generation of antique dealers and engage younger audiences, with the inclusion of exhibitors like Zac Ziebarth, owner of Ziebarth’s Antiques, and Jeffrey Ricketts of East Nottingham Antiques who is just 23 years old.
“We’re excited to leverage the energy and contacts of both our trustees and professional staff, many of whom are significantly younger than those at peer organizations,” says Lisa Minardi, executive director of Historic Trappe. “This show is a chance to give the field a much-needed boost leading up to America’s 250th anniversary.”
Walter Baum (1884-1956), 59th Street Bridge. Mixed Media, 22 x 30 in. Courtesy Gratz Gallery, Doylestown, PA.
The brand new Philadelphia Antiques Show opens to the public April 24 to 26 at the convention center at Valley Forge Casino Resort. A preview party will be held on Thursday, April 23, from 5 to 9 p.m., in which guests will have the first opportunity to purchase from the dealers, as well as enjoy an evening of cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. —
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