THE
LEARNING CURVE Winter/Spring 2010
Art History, Archaeology, Astronomy, History, Literature, Philosophy, Music
Modern American Artists in the Phillips Collection
Duncan Phillips, founder of the Washington, D.C. Museum bearing his name, saw American modern artists as equal to their European counterparts. Phillips promoted and encouraged these Americans at the same time he began collecting important European modernist works by Degas, Cezanne, Renoir and others. Learn how Phillips influenced these three Americans.
Week 1: Georgia O’Keeffe
Beginning on February 6, 2010 and running through May 9, the Phillips Museum will host “Georgia O’Keeffe, Abstractions” which will include 100 of her paintings, drawings and watercolors. These compositions, dating from 1915, include some of her most pivotal works. While New York art dealer, Alfred Steiglitz was a dominant figure in O’Keefe’s life, we will consider the impact of gallery owner Duncan Phillips on the artist.
Week 2: Arthur Dove
Within the walls of the grand old mansion near Dupont Circle in Washington, is the world’s largest collection of works by Arthur Dove. Here we can see Dove’s most representative works. In studying Dove’s oils, watercolors and collages we will discover why Phillips inspired and fostered the work of this often down and out artist.
Week 3: David Smith
From June 5 to September 12, 2010, the Phillips Museum will host a David Smith Exhibition which will include 17 of his most important sculpture pieces. Learn how the irascible artist began his career (noting his connection with the New York School). Consider how his personal history (including his marriage to influential sculptor, Dorothy Dehner), shaped his work.
When: Fridays, Feb 26 – Mar 12, 10:00-11:30am
Where: The Windmill Inn, 4250 N. Campbell Ave.
Cost: $69 (3 sessions)
Instructor: Barbara Churchill, M.A., completed her master’s degree in art history at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her research skills have been an asset to the University of Arizona Museum of Art, and she has been a frequent lecturer at the Tucson Museum of Art, the Phoenix Art Museum, and the Foothills Community Foundation in Scottsdale, AZ.
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