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O’Keeffe at The Phillips

Posted in Abstract, Travel, tagged Albert Barnes, Duncan Phillips, Georgia O'Keeffe, Phillips DC, post-impressionism, The Phillips Collection on July 7, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Georgia O’Keeffe
Red Hills, Lake George
1927

Georgia O’Keeffe
Ranchos Church, 1929

Georgia O’Keeffe
From the White Place
1940

Winding down with my photos from my recent visit to The Phillips. Before I share them let me just encourage you to make a trip there if you are in DC. It’s worth the time. It’s an exceptional collection of post-impressionist and modern art. Duncan Phillips was a brave collector of art who introduced America to modern art through his collection and exhibits. Read more about him here.

My favorite story about Phillips involves him standing in front of “Luncheon of the Boating Party” , probably the most important painting Renoir ever painted, with Albert Barnes, also an art collector and founder of the Barnes Collection in Philly who collected almost 200 Renoir in his lifetime. Barnes says to Phillips, “That’s the only Renoir you have, isn’t it?” to which Phillips says, “It’s the only one I need”.

Today I’m sharing some of Phillips collection of Georgia O’Keeffe. Wonderful examples of her work.

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Cezanne at The Phillips

Posted in Travel, tagged Cezanne, cubism, National Gallery of Art, oil painting, Paul Cezanne, Philadelphia Museum of Art, post-impressionism, The Phillips Collection on July 6, 2013| 2 Comments »

Paul Cezanne
Fields at Bellevue,
oil, 1892-95

Paul Cezanne
Self Portrait
1878-80

Paul Cezanne (1839-1906), a French Post-impressionist, whose work is said to have laid the foundation between 19th Century impressionism and 20th century Cubism. His small brushstrokes and use of color showed his concentrated study of subject matter. The Phillips has many examples of Cezanne’s work and you can see his progression of his style over the years.

I’ve enjoyed seeing Cezanne’s work several other museums including The Philadelphia Museum of Art (read about it here) and the National Gallery of Art in DC where they have one of my favorite Cezanne’s, The Artist’s Father. (Check it out here.)

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Bonnard at The Phillips

Posted in Travel, tagged Pierre Bonnard, post-impressionism, The Phillips Collection on July 5, 2013| Leave a Comment »

The Open Window
Pierre Bonnard, 1921

Pierre Bonnard
Interior with Boy, 1910

Pierre Bonnard
Circus Rider, 1894

Continuing with my visit to The Phillips Collection last week I saw several paintings by Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947), an artist that I have long admired. You don’t see as much of his work as some of the other post-impressionists but when you do you have to stop to admire them. Here are three good examples.

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Dufy at The Phillips

Posted in Travel, tagged Dufy, oil painting, Raoul Dufy, The Phillips Collection, Travel, watercolor on July 3, 2013| Leave a Comment »

“The Artist’s Studio”
Raoul Dufy, 1935

One of the things I love most about going to some of the smaller art museums like The Phillips Collection is that you often see paintings that are not as well-known as some of the more famous pieces that you see in major art venues. Last Saturday I saw these wonderful works by Raoul Dufy (1877-1953). He was a French painter with a decorative and colorful style that was greatly influenced by Matisse.

The Artist’s Studio was painted in oil on canvas in 1935.

“The Opera, Paris”
Raoul Dufy, 1924

The Opera, Paris was painted in 1924 using watercolor and gouache on paper. Many artists experimented with watercolor and gouache during this time period.

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Luncheon at the Phillips

Posted in Little Known Facts, Travel, tagged impressionism, Landscape, Luncheon of the Boating Party, oil painting, Phillips DC, Renoir, The Phillips Collection, Travel on July 2, 2013| 1 Comment »

One of the most beautiful examples of impressionism is “Luncheon of the Boating Party” painted by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919). Painted in 1880-81 in oil on canvas, it was acquired by Duncan Phillips in 1923 for $125,000. It is the anchor piece of The Phillips Collection in Washington DC. Read more about the painting here. The Phillips offers a cell service for hearing about some of their paintings. You can call 202-595-1839, wait for the prompt and put in #75 to hear more about this beautiful painting.

This past weekend I spent some time at The Phillips enjoying some of the wonderful art that Phillips collected. (Read more about The Phillips Collection here.) If you ever have an opportunity to see his collection make the time.

Housed in his wonderful old house (that has been expanded over the years) right off of DuPont Circle in DC, it offers wonderful examples of Impressionism, Post-Impressionism as well as Modern Art. Make the trip.

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Coffee in Bed

Posted in Serendipity, Travel on June 30, 2013| Leave a Comment »

What a treat to relax and have coffee in bed. I’m taking a weekend off from painting and instead came to Washington DC to look at some wonderful art and become inspired. More to share in the days to come.

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American Impressionists at MSV

Posted in Serendipity, Travel, tagged American Impressionist, impressionism, MSV, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Artist on June 8, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Yesterday was a rainy, messy day but that didn’t stop my friend Linda and I from a little day out. We had a delightful day riding over to Middleburg, a cute little town about 25 miles from Front Royal, where we visited our favorite shop. Then we rode over to the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley in Winchester to see the new visiting exhibit: American Impressionists. It was a nice collection from the Reading Museum of painters from all around America who painted in the impressionistic style. While they did not allow photography in the exhibit you can see more about it with some photos here. It’s worth a trip to see while it’s here.

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Come for the Festival!

Posted in Small Town Life, Travel, tagged daily painter, daily painting, Front Royal, impressionism, Virginia, Virginia Artist, watercolor, Wine Festival on May 18, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Be sure to stop by Delilah’s when you come down to Main Street Front Royal for the Wine Festival. All day today! Too much fun to miss. Come on down.

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More from Munch

Posted in Little Known Facts, Travel, tagged Edvard Munch, Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 15, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Woman in Blue against Blue Water
Edvard Munch

We have all seen “The Scream” by Edvard Munch, the Norwegian artist (you can see a post I did earlier about its record sale here) but I’ll bet you aren’t as familiar with these paintings that he did. I saw them recently at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The Woman in Blue against Blue Water is an oil on canvas painted in 1891.

Cypress in Moonlight
Edvard Munch

Cypress in Moonlight is also an oil on canvas. This one didn’t have a date and while I searched to find more I didn’t find anything because both of these pieces are part of “Private Collections”, meaning they are on loan to the museum but owned by a private party.

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Tiffany & Co. Magnolia Vase

Posted in daily painter, Little Known Facts, Travel, Trivia, tagged Magnolia Vase, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tiffany & Co. on May 14, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Magnolia Vase
Tiffany & Co., ca. 1893
Metropolitan Museum of Art

I finally took a little time to edit some of the photos that I took on my recent visit to the Met in New York City so that I can share some of the wonderful things that I saw. One thing I enjoy is just wandering from gallery to gallery in large museums and seeing what appears. While doing just that I came across this marvelous Tiffany Vase on display. It was designed by John T. Curran (1859-1933) in New York City in 1893. And it made of silver, gold, enamel and opals. Here’s what the description card said: The Magnolia Vase was the centerpiece of Tiffany & Co.’s display at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago – a display Godey’s Magazine described as “the greatest exhibit in point of artistic beauty and intrinsic value, that any individual firm has ever shown.” The design of the vase was a self-conscious expression of national pride. The vegetal ornament refers to various regions of the United States: pinecones and needles symbolize the North and East; magnolias, the South and West; the cacti, the Southwest. Representing the country as a whole is the ubiquitous goldenrod, fashioned from gold mined in the United States. The work was heralded by the editor of the New York Sun as “one of the most remarkable specimens of the silversmith…art that has ever been produced anywhere.” You can read more about the vase here.

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