Location: Frances M. Maguire Hall, located at 9001 Germantown Avenue
With Woodmere docent, Betsy Rockey, explore Raymond Theel's beautiful painting, Interior of Woods and learn more about this amazing Philadelphia artist.
Theel attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) and was a two-time recipient of PAFA’s prestigious Cresson Travel Scholarship, which enabled him to visit numerous European cities. After graduating, he supported himself and his family by working as a commercial artist for N. W. Ayer, a large advertising agency based in Philadelphia. Despite his immense talent, Theel did not exhibit frequently. Moreover, because most of his life’s work was lost in a tragic 1943 fire that destroyed his home and studio, it is little known; fewer than twenty paintings survived. Woodmere mounted the first comprehensive exhibition of Theel’s work, Raymond Theel: Making a Big Impressionism, in 2015.