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Wharton Esherick Museum

Wharton Esherick Museum

Spiral Staircase - Wharton EsherickThe Wharton Esherick Museum is located near Paoli, Pennsylvania which is just outside Philadelphia. It’s open for tours by appointment only. Esherick’s studio is located in the musuem which was also his home for 50 years before his death in 1970.

Esherick’s daughter Ruth Bascom, and her husband Bob currently own the museum and have been the caretakers of the estate for the last 35 years. The Bascoms want to retire and hand over the museum to the nonprofit organization that currently runs the museum.

Described during his life as the “Dean of American Craftsman,” Wharton Esherick’s imaginative, sculptural-style workpieces had a huge influence on American modern art and have been displayed at the Smithonian Institution. His spiral staircase (photo at left) is probably his most famous piece.

Photos by George Widman for GPTMC

Posted on Friday, December 1st, 2006 at 11:36 am. Filed under Wharton Esherick Museum, Wood, Woodworking.
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2 Responses to “Wharton Esherick Museum”

Jose R. Torre said,

Did you know that in Pittsford, NY, there is a Wharton Esherick designed home for sale? I thought it might be his son who did it but I cannot find it in the published work on him. Thought you might find this of interest. See:
http://www.homesteadnet.com/advancedsearchresults.asp?mls=926862&mode=view

(posted on December 3rd, 2009 at 12:41 pm)

will said,

I am also into artistic wood working as well as found art and feel very strongly about my creations. A few people have said i should look at some of Mr. Esherick’s pieces and to me our styles seem very similar. So please go to my website and tell me what you think in the feedback section (http://tinsmanart.com/TinsmanArt.com/Welcome.html)

(posted on February 23rd, 2010 at 9:20 am)