Elliott Daingerfield: Collected

Image Credit: Elliott Daingerfield. Still Life (Rhododendron and Brass Pot), c. 1900. Oil on canvas. BRAHM Alexander Collection, 2012.04.01.

April 9 - July 24, 2016

Complimenting the Museum's permanent display of Elliott Daingerfield (1859 - 1932) paintings and drawings, Elliott Daingerfield: Collected features Daingerfield paintings from eight private collections across the east coast. The exhibition features many Daingerfield’s that have not yet exhibited outside

their collectors’ homes. Several collections are accompanied by personal reflections and stories from the collectors themselves, inviting viewers to see into the collectors perspective of a Daingerfield. The painter was born in Virginia, but grew up in Fayetteville, NC and became a well-recognized American painter. He first exhibited at the National Academy of Design in 1880 and lived and studied in New York often, but after falling in love with the North Carolina mountains, Daingerfield chose to live in Blowing Rock and built several houses here, including the now historic Westglow. He passed away of a heart attack while in New York, but was buried in Fayetteville, NC. Today, Daingerfield is best known for his family portraits, religious depictions, and rich landscape paintings.