A Modern Vision: European Masterworks from The Phillips Collection

Exhibitions

Paul Cézanne, Ginger Pot with Pomegranate and Pears, 1893.

Oil on canvas. 18¼ × 21⅞ in. The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC. Gift of Gifford Phillips in memory of his father, James Laughlin Phillips, 1939.

Overview

  • November 15, 2019–March 22, 2020

  • Baker/Rowland Galleries

  • Free for Members

  • Included with admission

  • Audio guide

A Modern Vision presents a selection of the most iconic works from The Phillips Collection, America’s first museum of modern art, which opened in Washington, DC, in 1921. The exhibition features 50 masterworks by towering figures of European modernism, including Edouard Manet, Gustave Caillebotte, Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Pierre Bonnard, Wassily Kandinsky, Amedeo Modigliani, and Pablo Picasso.

Ranging from the early nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century, the paintings in the exhibition reflect the vision and influence of collector Duncan Phillips (1886–1966), who viewed art as “a universal language” and brought together, in his words, “congenial spirits among the artists from different parts of the world and from different periods of time.”

The exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and Humanities.

Additional artworks

Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas, Dancers at the Barre, ca. 1900.

Oil on canvas. 51¼ × 38½ in. The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC. Acquired 1944.

Vincent van Gogh, Entrance to the Public Gardens in Arles, 1888.

Oil on canvas. 28½ × 35¾ in. The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC. Acquired 1930

Audio guide

Support

Presenting sponsor

Leadership sponsor

  • Wendy Sleight

Supporting sponsors

  • Kenneth R. Treis

  • Four-Four Foundation

Contributing sponsors

  • Suzy B. Ettinger Foundation

  • Sotheby’s

The Milwaukee Art Museum extends its sincere thanks to the Visionaries.

  • Donna and Donald Baumgartner

  • John and Murph Burke

  • Sheldon and Marianne Lubar

  • Joel and Caran Quadracci

  • Sue and Bud Selig

  • Jeff and Gail Yabuki and the Yabuki Family Foundation