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Mary Page Evans
(b.1937)
Peonies in June
2013
54 × 44 in. (137.2 × 111.8 cm)
2020.4
© Mary Page Evans
Gift of Page and John Corey, 2020
On view
Mary Page Evans approaches painting in much the same way as the French Impressionists—working directly from nature. In fact, she has spent many summers working in Claude Monet’s famed garden in Giverny, France. In this expressionistic Pennsylvania landscape, she captures the sensual impact of the early summer’s explosive peony blossoms, accentuated by a thickly painted surface. The high horizon line emphasizes the contours of Hill Girt Farm, a property along the Brandywine not far from the Museum.