ROGER BROWN STUDY COLLECTION:
ART & APOCALYPSE
Brown’s Southern evangelical Christian upbringing was peppered with hellfire and brimstone. As an artist, he infused the threat of apocalypse into many of his paintings. On a more peaceful note, he felt his collection of objects conveyed “the spiritual and mystical nature that material things evoke.”
MAYSLAKE PEABODY ESTATE:
FRANCISCAN MONKS
After F. S. Peabody’s death, the next occupant of Mayslake Hall was the Order of the Franciscans Minor. For 76 years the friars used the house and grounds as a retreat center, during which time they hosted more than 250,000 people on weekend retreats.