Phillips Collection

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Phillips Collection

The Phillips Collection is an art museum in Washington, DC

history

In 1921 the museum became the first museum for modern art in the USA by the patron Duncan Phillips (1886-1966) and his wife Marjorie (1894-1985). Originally opened in a room in her home, the collection grew rapidly, so that the family moved out in 1930 and the entire house became a museum . Marjorie Phillips was a painter herself and Duncan Phillips heir to a considerable fortune made by his grandfather in the banking and steel business. In 1989 the museum complex was renovated and enlarged, which meant that additional space could be gained, especially for traveling exhibitions.

collection

The collection has works by El Greco , Paul Klee , Winslow Homer , Thomas Eakins , James McNeill Whistler , Vincent van Gogh , Claude Monet , Degas , Édouard Manet , Gauguin , Cézanne , Piet Mondrian and Pablo Picasso . Georges Braque alone is represented with 13 Cubist works. Other focal points are the work of Georgia O'Keeffe , Pierre Bonnard and Mark Rothko . His most famous work from over 2,000 works of art is certainly the Luncheon of the Boating by Pierre-Auguste Renoir .

Illustrations

(Selection)

literature

  • Robert Hughes : Master Paintings: The Phillips Collection Counterpoint Press 1999 ISBN 1-887178-78-3
  • Eliza E. Rathbone, Johanna Halford-MacLeod, Jay Gates: Art Beyond Isms: Masterworks from El Greco to Picasso in the Phillips Collection Third Millennium Publishing 2004 ISBN 1-903942-08-X
  • Erika D. Passantino, David W. Scott, Duncan Phillips: The Eye of Duncan Phillips: A Collection in the Making Yale University Press 1999 ISBN 0-300-08090-5

Web links

Commons : Phillips Collection  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 38 ° 54 '40.8 "  N , 77 ° 2' 48.4"  W.