Brian H Peterson

Brian H. Peterson, the Gerry and Marguerite Lenfest Chief Curator at the James A Michener Art Museum in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, has more than thirty years' experience as an artist, curator, critic, and arts administrator in the Philadelphia area. His scholarly publications include Pennsylvania Impressionism (2002), The Cities, the Towns, the Crowds: The Paintings of Robert Spencer (2004), and Form Radiating Life: The Paintings of Charles Rosen (2006), all copublished by the Michener Art...See more

Brian H. Peterson, the Gerry and Marguerite Lenfest Chief Curator at the James A Michener Art Museum in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, has more than thirty years' experience as an artist, curator, critic, and arts administrator in the Philadelphia area. His scholarly publications include Pennsylvania Impressionism (2002), The Cities, the Towns, the Crowds: The Paintings of Robert Spencer (2004), and Form Radiating Life: The Paintings of Charles Rosen (2006), all copublished by the Michener Art Museum and the University of Pennsylvania Press. His recent memoir, The Smile at the Heart of Things: Essays and Life Stories (2010), was copublished by the Michener Art Museum and Tell Me Press. See less