The first international exhibition organized by The Phillips Collection to feature an overview of the museum’s renowned American collection, To See as Artists See incorporates nearly 100 works by 68 artists, including outstanding paintings by George Inness, Winslow Homer, Edward Hicks, Edward Hopper, Maurice Prendergast, John Sloan, Arthur Dove, Georgia O’Keeffe, John Marin, Stuart Davis, Milton Avery, Jacob Lawrence, Adolph Gottlieb, Philip Guston, Richard Diebenkorn, Robert Motherwell, and many others.
Since opening in 1921, the Phillips has been an active champion of American art, singling out artists who followed their own vision independent of fashionable styles and schools. Its collection of American masterworks celebrates the best of American art from the late 19th through the 20th century.
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Arthur G. Dove. Morning Sun, 1935. Oil on canvas, 20 x 28 in. The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.; Acquired in 1935. © The Estate of Arthur G. Dove, courtesy Terry Dintenfass, Inc.
Maurice Prendergast. Ponte della Paglia (detail), 1898–99, reworked 1922. Oil on canvas, 27 7/8 x 23 1/8 in. Acquired 1922. The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC
Childe Hassam. Washington Arch, Spring, 1890. Oil on canvas, 26 1/8 x 21 5/8 in. Acquired 1921. The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
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