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Gauguin to Picasso: Masterworks from Switzerland, The Staechelin & Im Obersteg Collections at The Phillips Collection.

Press releases, 01.10.2015

This exhibition focuses on a groundbreaking shift in the development of Swiss collections that occurred in the first decade of the 20th century, as patrons began to look beyond the contributions of regional
painters and broaden their definition of modern art.

Paul Gauguin Nafea faa ipoipo (When Will You Marry?) (1892) Oil oncanvas, 40 x 30 ½ in.
Paul Gauguin Nafea faa ipoipo (When Will You Marry?) (1892) Oil oncanvas, 40 x 30 ½ in. The Rudolf Staechelin Collection

The exhibition pays tribute to pioneering supporters Rudolf Staechelin (1881–1946) and Karl Im Obersteg (1883–1969), both from Basel, who enthusiastically championed the work of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, and School of Paris artists.

From their renowned collections, over 60 celebrated paintings created during the mid-19th and 20th centuries by 22 world-famous artists will be on view. The city of Basel’s vital support for modern art, the approaches of the two collectors who knew each other personally and developed friendships with artists and their shared preference for colorful, expressive paintings of figures, still life, and landscape unify these impressive works. This exhibition marks the first occasion for these collections to be exhibited together in the US.

Join Director Dorothy Kosinski and curator Renée Maurer for a tour of Gauguin to Picasso: Masterworks from Switzerland.

WHEN: Tuesday, October 6,  9:30 am coffee and registration, 10 am remarks; galleries open through noon

WHERE: The Phillips Collection, 1600 21st Street, NW. Metro: Dupont Circle (Q Street exit)

RSVP: Elizabeth Lubben, 202-387-2151 x235 or  elubben@phillipscollection.org by Monday, October 5.

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