Oil on canvas 24 1/8 x 33 1/2 in.; 61.2775 x 85.09 cm.; Framed: 35 1/2 in x 45 in x 2 3/4 in; 90.17 cm x 114.3 cm x 6.99 cm Acquired 1920
February 10-May 8, 2022
For her One-on-One installation, celebrated British painter Bridget Riley (b. 1931) selected three of her works—two paintings, Red Overture (2012) and Red with Red 1 (2007), and one screenprint, One Small Step (2009)—to be displayed vis-à-vis Luncheon of the Boating Party (1880-81) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Bridget Riley developed her signature Op Art style in the 1960s, creating intricate geometric patterns that produce optical sensations. While her abstract compositions were at first stark black-and-white, her later paintings explore the perceptual activity of color. Riley has acknowledged
January 7, 2014
Jean Meisel’s paintings demonstrate mastery of form, color and light. Washington, DC—This spring, more than 50 paintings by Jean Meisel will be on view in a secluded alcove of the Phillips house. The small, intimate space offers a perfect setting for 50–65 Horizon Line, an exhibition of the painter’s delicate watercolors. Created from her imagination, Meisel’s subtle landscapes and seascapes demonstrate the DC-based artist’s mastery of form, color, and light. “I’ve been painting horizon lines for as long as I’ve been painting,” Meisel says. She did not see the ocean until she was 22, and most
November 22, 2023
The Phillips Collection recently acquired paintings by Mose Tolliver and Joe Light. These two gifts from Gail B. Greenblatt were part of the collection of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the work of Black artists from the American South and supporting their communities by fostering economic empowerment and racial and social justice.
Oil, wax, and tar on canvas 100 x 78 in Gift of the artist in honor of Klaus Ottmann, 2015
January 23, 2014 - May 4, 2014
The horizon, simply put, is a junction of earth and sky, or sky and sea. Yet in a broader sense, the vastness of the horizon refers to unlimited perception, experience, and knowledge. For Jean Meisel, the horizon line is the “core of the earth’s beauty around which everything else is rooted.” 50–65 Horizon Line brings together small paintings of horizon lines by the DC-based artist. Displayed in an intimate alcove of the Phillips house, they resonate with quietude and demonstrate Meisel’s mastery of form, color, and light. Meisel’s watercolor landscapes and seascapes are driven by her
July 3, 2023
April 4, 2024
Installation coincides with Howard University’s 34th James A. Porter Colloquium; the Phillips to host day two of colloquium proceedings on April 5. WASHINGTON, DC—The Phillips Collection presents Where We Meet: Selections from the Howard University Gallery of Art and The Phillips Collection , a special installation that reflects the collaborative relationship between two storied Washington, DC, institutions over the past century. Co-organized by The Phillips Collection and the Howard University Gallery of Art, the installation coincides with Howard University’s 34th James A. Porter Colloquium
January 20, 2022
Riley, a contemporary British painter acclaimed for her use of color, selected artworks to respond to Renoir’s signature painting in this fifth installment of the Phillips’s One-on-One series WASHINGTON, DC—The Phillips Collection presents Bridget Riley / Pierre-Auguste Renoir, a One-on-One exhibition that focuses on the color red, with an artist who has been honored for her outstanding use of color. The Phillips’s One-on-One series engages a contemporary artist to select one or several works by an artist from the museum’s permanent collection and juxtapose them with one or several works of
September 20, 2024
