“Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Luncheon of the Boating Party, 1880–81, Oil on canvas, 51 1/4 x 69 1/8 in., The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, Acquired 1923.”
From the Phillips Collection:
“Following its historic loan to the Musée d’Orsay in Paris for the exhibition Renoir and Love: A Joyful Modernity (1865–1885), Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s Luncheon of the Boating Party—a cornerstone of The Phillips Collection—returns to public view beginning Tuesday, August 11.
The painting will again be on display in Gallery 201 where guests can experience one of the defining works of Impressionism in its longtime home.
WHERE:
The Phillips Collection, Gallery 201 | 2nd Floor Permanent Collection
1600 21st Street NW, Washington, DC
ADMISSION:
Included with museum admission
HOURS:
The Phillips Collection is open Tuesday–Sunday, 10 am–5 pm, with extended hours on select days
The painting’s return also sets the stage for Feast for the Eyes: Celebrating Renoir at the Phillips (Summer 2027), an unprecedented installation that will reunite Luncheon of the Boating Party with Renoir’s Bal du Moulin de la Galette (1876), on loan from the Musée d’Orsay. Never before shown together in the United States, these two landmark paintings will offer guests a rare opportunity to experience Renoir’s most ambitious multi-figure compositions side by side, highlighting the artist’s vibrant visual language that captured the vitality of modern life.”