ADVENT CALENDAR 2024

The three Wise Men stand and kneel as they look up to the right, in front of a dark blue sky. Three camels stand and sit on the left, just their necks and heads in the frame.

December 21

SPANISH NATIVITY

Belenes Puig S.L.
Barcelona, Spain
Clay, fabric, metal
2014

In 1942, Philadelphia artist Frank Snyder designed this Christmas card depicting the three wise men gazing skyward in search of the Star of Bethlehem, accompanied by their camels. He and his wife, Ann, sent the card to Raymond and Mildred Pitcairn. Snyder worked as a painter and muralist at Glencairn from 1937 to 1940, and continued working for the Pitcairns on freelance projects into the early 1950s. His work at Glencairn included a large Adoration of the Shepherds painting on canvas, a mural in Michael Pitcairn’s bedroom, and several painted plexiglass lampshades.

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