The Painter by Chad Fisher - bronze cast sculpture; dimensions TBD; 2027.

Watch the clay model for this exquisite sculpture being made live during this year's Benefit -- then have the final cast delivered to your door next year!

Inspired by the Lyme Art Colony legacy of creating art along this riverfront, renowned sculptor Chad Fisher (officially the Charlotte Colby Danly Sculpture Chair and Director of Sculpture at Lyme Academy of Fine Arts) will work from a pop-up studio on the Marshfield veranda to create the model for a first-edition bronze sculpture. The final bronze cast -- depicting a classic plein air painter at work -- will be ready for delivery to the winning bidder in early 2027.

Fisher has created more than 25 public sculptures, including fine art bronzes for the Chicago Bears Football Club, the Philadelphia 76ers, the NFL Hall of Fame, the Union League of Philadelphia, the Special Forces Charitable Trust, and the Philadelphia Vietnam Memorial.

Fisher studied at Syracuse University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, before receiving his MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art.

Chad is a wonderful friend of the Museum who recently helped us create a 20-minute film about the sculpture process for the exhibition Inside Out: Contexts for American Art and served as our 2026 Annual Thorne Lecturer.

Value: Priceless!