Reality Check: Contemporary American Trompe l'Oeil

The Brandywine River Museum of Art's collection includes numerous examples of the realist tradition known as "trompe l'oeil." A French term meaning "to fool the eye," trompe l'oeil applies to art that cleverly fools viewers into thinking they are looking at actual objects rather than representations of them.

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Reality Check: Contemporary American Trompe l'Oeil

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Reality Check: Contemporary American Trompe l'Oeil

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