1960, Richard Diebenkorn, Girl with Plant -- Phillips Collection (Washington)
From the museum label: During WWII, Diebenkorn was assigned to a military base in Quantico, Virginia, and on weekends he visited DC. He saw works by Matisse at the Phillips and other institutions, and by 1952 had significantly brightened his palette. Diebenkorn explained his encounters at the Phillips: "I went to that place often as a kind of retreat from service. I looked at the paintings of Matisse, Picasso, Braque, Bonnard... I was fortunate in the service to have ...a bit of free time so I was able to paint quite a bit, so l was working on this during the week, and then...I would go up and look at the paintings in Washington. It was sort of an art school thing for me... Duncan Phillips's lifelong enthusiasm—indeed, his passion—went far beyond the appreciation, and study, and acquiring of paintings. An integral part of that passion was to share it—to infect others with it. This was his life—and that life was a great and profound gift to all of us."
1960, Richard Diebenkorn, Girl with Plant -- Phillips Collection (Washington)
From the museum label: During WWII, Diebenkorn was assigned to a military base in Quantico, Virginia, and on weekends he visited DC. He saw works by Matisse at the Phillips and other institutions, and by 1952 had significantly brightened his palette. Diebenkorn explained his encounters at the Phillips: "I went to that place often as a kind of retreat from service. I looked at the paintings of Matisse, Picasso, Braque, Bonnard... I was fortunate in the service to have ...a bit of free time so I was able to paint quite a bit, so l was working on this during the week, and then...I would go up and look at the paintings in Washington. It was sort of an art school thing for me... Duncan Phillips's lifelong enthusiasm—indeed, his passion—went far beyond the appreciation, and study, and acquiring of paintings. An integral part of that passion was to share it—to infect others with it. This was his life—and that life was a great and profound gift to all of us."