Now Our Turn to Enjoy and Reflect

Margaret McDermott always said she enjoyed looking at her pictures every day. When The Tea Service by Monet was lent to the Kimbell Museum, she went to the opening of the exhibition Monet: The Early Years on October 16, 2016. Even a few days before the painting was returned at the end of January 2017, Mrs. McDermott said she missed looking at it and would like to visit the Kimbell Museum to see it. When there at the museum, it was as if she was looking at the painting for the first time, only filtered by decades of memories, sentiments, and an ever-abounding appreciation. Now it is our turn to visit Mrs. McDermott’s The Tea Service and the rest of her fabulous Impressionist paintings and art collection that has been donated to the Dallas Museum of Art. This collection of Impressionist art, An Enduring Legacy: The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Collection of Impressionist and Modern Art, will be unveiled tonight, June 11, at the DMA for patrons, and June 12 11:00 a.m.—5:00 p.m. for DMA members. At a new setting, an old and new audience will see these 32 extraordinary works by artists including Claude Monet, Pierre-August Renoir, Paul Cezanne, Edgar Degas, Edvard Munch, Pablo Picasso, George Braque, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Henry Moore. Everyone looks at a painting in a different way. I think we will all feel the energy of Mrs. McDermott’s affectionate gaze on these pictures all these years.
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