Connecting the accounts of women across centuries, Beyond Blue and White allows us to craft a more complete picture of the female experience through the lens of material culture. We meet female Delftware makers such as the founder of one of the most important Delftware factories in 1671. We are introduced to female Delftware patrons such as Queen Mary II, who found her means of expression while creating a vogue in the 17th century for the Delft blue and white across royal courts. And then there are the female collectors beginning in the 19th century who saw the artistry and craft in these ceramics that others had overlooked. Foremost among them was Mrs. J. Pierpont Morgan and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt II who came together with fellow New York women and laid the groundwork for women in the museum world.
As a decorative art advisor and writer with over thirty years in the art world, including a decade with Christie’s in New York and London, Genevieve Wheeler Brown has been actively involved in the community of the decorative arts. She has also participated on the Antiques Roadshow as an appraiser with an eye out for overlooked “treasure.” In her role, she has held innumerable objects, from fake Stradivari violins to gold-mounted Faberge eggs, considering their value but also the stories they can tell.
Beyond Blue and White has been named an NPR Here & Now Editors’ Pick!, The Art Newspaper’s Book Bag Selection and recently received glowing reviews by the Magazine ANTIQUES and The Wall Street Journal.
