Selections from the Dolly Langdon and Aldus H. Chapin Collection
HEMPHILL is pleased to announce the exhibition Selections from the Dolly Langdon and Aldus H. Chapin Collection, opening on Saturday, June 7, 2014, with a public reception from 6:00鈥�8:00pm. The exhibition will remain on view through August 2, 2014.
Art dealers enter many homes that reverberate with the sheen of high-end interior design. These spaces are stunning. Each article is in position to perform as a prop in the theatrical narrative of the owner鈥檚 life. Then there are homes exploding with energy. No spot or space is left unfilled by art. The furniture, often beautiful, is present foremost for its function. It is apparent that these homes are purely about the art and its collectors. Dolly and Aldus Chapin鈥檚 home is bursting with such energy; artwork is everywhere. Their collection is comprised almost entirely of Washington artists acquired gradually over decades. Time reveals their selections to be prophetic.
To see the Chapin collection as simply an accumulation of many extraordinary objects is to be blind to the broader impact of their passion. Each acquisition tells a story of a greater purpose beyond personal ownership. It is clear by the who, what, where, when and why of each purchase that Dolly and Aldus participated in a community, bolstered artists鈥� studio operations, and strengthened the cultural life of Washington.
Selections from the Dolly Langdon and Aldus H. Chapin Collection features paintings, sculpture and works on paper by noted artists Karl Stanley Benjamin, Leon Berkowitz, Michael Clark (Clark Fox), Gene Davis, Thomas Downing, Sam Gilliam, Ed McGowin, John McLaughlin, Howard Mehring, Kenneth Noland, Paul Reed, Alma Thomas and Anne Truitt, many of whom are affiliated with the Washington Color School movement.
Recommended for you
HEMPHILL is pleased to announce the exhibition Selections from the Dolly Langdon and Aldus H. Chapin Collection, opening on Saturday, June 7, 2014, with a public reception from 6:00鈥�8:00pm. The exhibition will remain on view through August 2, 2014.
Art dealers enter many homes that reverberate with the sheen of high-end interior design. These spaces are stunning. Each article is in position to perform as a prop in the theatrical narrative of the owner鈥檚 life. Then there are homes exploding with energy. No spot or space is left unfilled by art. The furniture, often beautiful, is present foremost for its function. It is apparent that these homes are purely about the art and its collectors. Dolly and Aldus Chapin鈥檚 home is bursting with such energy; artwork is everywhere. Their collection is comprised almost entirely of Washington artists acquired gradually over decades. Time reveals their selections to be prophetic.
To see the Chapin collection as simply an accumulation of many extraordinary objects is to be blind to the broader impact of their passion. Each acquisition tells a story of a greater purpose beyond personal ownership. It is clear by the who, what, where, when and why of each purchase that Dolly and Aldus participated in a community, bolstered artists鈥� studio operations, and strengthened the cultural life of Washington.
Selections from the Dolly Langdon and Aldus H. Chapin Collection features paintings, sculpture and works on paper by noted artists Karl Stanley Benjamin, Leon Berkowitz, Michael Clark (Clark Fox), Gene Davis, Thomas Downing, Sam Gilliam, Ed McGowin, John McLaughlin, Howard Mehring, Kenneth Noland, Paul Reed, Alma Thomas and Anne Truitt, many of whom are affiliated with the Washington Color School movement.
What's on nearby
