The modern game of golf comes from Scotland, where in the mid 19th century it also became a subject for artists. WRTI’s Susan Lewis considers the relationship between art and golf in Victorian Great Britain, as a Philadelphia Museum of Art exhibition spotlights an 1847 masterwork: The Golfers. Museum Curator of European Painting Before 1900 Jennifer Thompson says the large painting is one of the most celebrated in the genre.
The Art of Golf runs through July 7th at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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Listen to curator Jennifer Thompson's interview with Susan Lewis about the early intersection of art and golf.
