Timeless Cartoons about Politics, Business and Social Mores on view at the Brandywine River Museum of Art

From the maze-like contraptions drawn  by Rube Goldberg to the incisive political sketches of Thomas Nast, cartoons rivet public attention to issues of the day through their comic wit and visual satire. Pointed Pens: Selected Cartoons from the Permanent Collection, now on view at the Brandywine River Museum of Art, features a fascinating collection of over 30 works created between 1880 and 1945, selected from the Museum's rich collection of American illustration. 

The exhibition includes cartoons by some of America's most famous illustrators of the late 19th through early 20th centuries, including Oscar Cesare, Charles Dana Gibson, Rube Goldberg, John Held, Jr., Edward Kemble, Rockwell Kent, Orson Lowell, Rose O'Neill, Frederic Burr Opper, Thomas Nast and many others. Their drawings show a variety of styles and techniques that render incisive visual opinions about topical events, from political issues, business practices and social morés, to even the act of viewing art. 

Pointed Pens: Selected Cartoons from the Permanent Collection is on view through August 23.

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 The Brandywine River Museum of Art, located on U.S. Route 1 in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, is open daily (except Christmas Day) from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Admission is $15 for adults; $10 for seniors ages 65 and over; $6 for students and children ages 6-12; free for children ages five and under and Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art members. Admission is free on Sunday mornings from 9:30 a.m. to noon (except on May 24, during the annual Antiques Show, which is a fundraiser for the Museum Volunteers' Art Purchase Fund, and Art Education and Programming).