This painting depicts the Warden Garden at The Penn Museum in Philadelphia. The Penn Museum is officially known as the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, founded in 1887. This beautiful setting provides the perfect backdrop for ceremonies, cocktail receptions and weddings. The building was designed by Philadelphia architect Wilson Eyre Jr. (1858-1944). Eyre was born in Florence, Italy in 1858 and moved to the United States when he was eleven and later studied architecture at MIT. In all of Eyre’s designs the landscaping and building are equally important and are meant to complement each other and the Museum’s Upper Court Yard, the area fronting the museum itself, was intended as a threshold leading to the building’s entrance. Eyre assumed that the garden would also display pieces of the collection and contain plants he chose from all over the world to further the concept of balance. The design of the building included influences from all over the world. The building was based on Northern Italian, the Gate was Japanese inspired, and the lily pool was of an Asian design. Phase one of the Museum was completed in 1899 and the building was opened to the press and the public. The Harrison Rotunda followed in 1916. On May 4, 1978 the Upper Courtyard was named “The Warden Garden” in honor of Nancy and Clarence Warden Jr. for their efforts at beautifying the area. On May 6, 2005, the Penn Museum re-opened the Upper Courtyard Garden renovated and restored to include new plantings, grass, restored statuary and a recreated reflecting pool featuring water lilies and colorful new koi fish. The above information includes some excerpts from Kari Van Buren, a Landscape Study at UPenn. The original Art is a miniature, credit card size, acrylic painting. The artist is a Hawaii Plastic Surgeon, born in Peru and currently living in Honolulu.