From
Feb. 20 through May 29, the Cleveland Museum of Art presents
Masterworks from the Phillips Collection.
This special exhibit features 59 European paintings primarily
from the 19th and 20th centuries brought together by the
late Duncan Phillips. In 1921, as a memorial to his recently
deceased father and brother, Phillips opened two rooms of
his home in Washington, DC as public galleries, creating
the first museum of modern art in the U.S. The works collected
by Phillips were chosen in part because he wanted to intentionally
demonstrate how modern artists were influenced by others.
The paintings in the exhibit were amassed over half a century
to display this resonance, bringing together historical
masterworks with those of Phillips’ contemporaries.
Artists represented in Masterworks from the Phillips Collection
include El Greco, Delacroix, Cezanne, Degas, Monet, Renoir,
VanGogh, Matisse, Picasso, Kandinsky and Klee. The centerpiece
of the exhibition is Renoir’s Luncheon of the Boating
Party, one of the world’s most famous paintings.
These works are touring the country during expansion work
at the Phillips Collection. As a special feature of the
exhibit as it makes its stop in Cleveland, 19 paintings
and drawings from the CMA’s permanent collection will
be displayed alongside similar paintings from the Phillips,
allowing visitors a unique chance to make comparisons of
artists and collectors. Media support for Masterworks from
the Phillips Collection is provided in part by WKSU.
For additional information, visit the web at www.clevelandart.org.
Show your WKSU member card and receive a $2 discount off
the admittance price for this special exhibit.
WKSU's Vivian Goodman reports on the exhibit
