Beauford Delaney: So Much Love and Beauty

Beauford Delaney’s work is singular to his humanist vision, his spirituality, and his ability to harness the expressive powers of color. Beauford Delaney: So Much Love and Beauty situates the artist (1901–1979) and his work in relation to critical moments of modernist abstraction from 1940s New York City to 1960s Paris and explores the meaningful relationships that nourished his career. The exhibition will feature the artist’s early New York street scenes, insightful portraiture, and radiant abstractions. By including works by Delaney’s inspirations such as Claude Monet and Stuart Davis, as well as friends and contemporaries such as Lawrence Calcagno, Sam Francis, and Ed Clark, this exhibition celebrates the interconnected nature of postwar abstraction.
 

The exhibition is organized by The Phillips Collection.

Curated by Adrienne L. Childs, Senior Consulting Curator, The Phillips Collection.

With gratitude to our generous exhibition sponsors:

Altria Group
Barbara Brown and Robert Berish
Pamela Gwaltney
Robert Lehman Foundation
Brenda and Larry Thompson

With critical support from The Phillips Collection’s Exhibitions Endowment Fund.

IMAGE: Beauford Delaney, Abstraction #12, 1963, Oil on canvas, 51 1/2 x 38 1/2 in., Knoxville Museum of Art © Estate of Beauford Delaney, by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire, Court Appointed Administrator, Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, NY