Today I visited the Phillips Collection in this beautiful Georgian Revival house from 1897. I think every single painting is worth going to see. The music room was a surprise with a coffered ceiling and dark intricate wood paneling and columns. This did prevent any labeling of the paintings in the room. I found a listing by the corner window but it was still difficult to identify individual paintings, though it's completely obvious why they chose to do it that way. For a while I stopped looking at the paintings in the music room altogether just to admire the room. The rest of the museum rooms were labeled as usual.
I was very happy to see a collection of Jacob Lawrence paintings. I'm not sure but I think it is the first time I've seen his work in person instead of in a book.
The special exhibit was Philip Guston, Roma, but I wasn't thrilled with it. I think it goes along with too much pink.
Some of the artists I enjoyed were Cezanne, Van Gogh, Matisse, Bonnard, and Daumier, there were many more. I liked the mixture of paintings hanging in the rooms.
There was a small room dedicated to Mark Rothko. (Above) I love Mark Rothko's work. It's hard to appreciate unless you see in person, but the scintillation is exciting and is full of emotion.
