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The Phillips Collection, opened in 1921, is America's first museum of modern art. Featuring a renowned permanent collection of nearly 2,500 works by American and European impressionist and modern artists, the Phillips is internationally recognized for both its incomparable art and its intimate atmosphere. Housed in founder Duncan Phillips' 1897 Georgian Revival home and similarly scaled additions in Washington, D.C.'s Dupont Circle neighborhood, The Phillips Collection is widely regarded as one of the world's finest small museums. Duncan Phillips (1886 1966) played a seminal role in introducing America to modern art. Born in Pittsburgh the grandson of James Laughlin, a banker and co-founder of the Jones and Laughlin Steel Company he and his family moved to Washington, D.C. in 1895. After the sudden, untimely deaths of his father and brother, he and his mother, Eliza Laughlin Phillips, established The Phillips Memorial Gallery. Major Duncan Phillips (center) with his sons Duncan (left) and James (right), ca. 1900. Beginning with only a handful of paintings, Phillips, already a published art critic, worked diligently to expand his collection. A specially built skylit room over the north wing of the family home provided a public gallery space. The collection continued to grow, and in 1930 the Phillips family moved to a new home and officially turned the 21st Street residence into a museum...
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1600 21St St NW
Washington, District of Columbia 20009
1 202 387 2151
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NAICS Code Museums: 712110
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The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., has received $23.5 million in endowment gifts, including the two largest donations in the museum's history: $10 million from the Sherman Fairchild Foundation and $8 million from an unnamed board member
- 2009-02-01
The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., has received $23.5 million in endowment gifts, including the two largest donations in the museum's history: $10 million from the Sherman Fairchild Foundation and $8 million from an unnamed board member. An additional four trustees have each pledged $1 million and have...
"Morandi: Master of Modern Still Life" opens at The Phillips Collection in February
- 2009-01-01
WASHINGTON -- For the first time in more than 50 years, a retrospective exhibition of Giorgio Morandi (1890-1964), one of the most admired still-life painters of the 20th century, will be presented in Washington, D.C. Featuring 50 paintings drawn primarily from collections in Italy, with key additions from collections in...
The Phillips Collection
- 2008-03-01
The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., has appointed Dorothy Kosinski as its new director, effective May 1. She has been on staff at the Dallas Museum of Art since 1995, most recently as senior curator of painting and sculpture. She succeeds Jay Gates, who is retiring after 10 years in...
The Phillips collection appoints new director
- 2008-01-01
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WASHINGTON -- The board of trustees of The Phillips Collection recently announced the appointment of Dr. Dorothy Kosinski, senior curator of painting and sculpture at the Dallas Museum of Art, as the collections' new director. Kosinski will assume her post in spring 2008. She succeeds lay Gates,...
The Phillips Collection: Luncheon of the Boating Party
- 2007-09-01
THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION: Luncheon of the Boating Party. (Teaching Kit/$30), The Phillips Collection Education Programs. One would be hard-pressed to find a resource that provided a more in-depth means to explore and understand a famous work of art than the Luncheon of the Boating Party teaching kit. Created by...
Raymond Waites Couture to court high end.(The Phillips Collection of High Point)(promotion of Stacey Testa at Raymond Waites Design Inc.)(Brief article)
- 2007-06-01
Home Textiles Today Raymond Waites Design has created a new division, Raymond Waites Couture, that will specialize in the high-end designer and decorator market. In a related move, the company has signed new licenses with two companies that specialize...
Influenza and the origins of The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC
- 2006-01-01
The two Phillips brothers were so inseparable that when James, the older, was ready to leave home for Yale in 1902, he waited 2 years so that Duncan, the younger, could graduate from secondary school and accompany him. The brothers, who were full of energy and talent, spent their early...
The Phillips Collection.(New products: SUMMER SHOWS eLink 588.)(Advertisement)
- 2005-07-01
A variety of accents debut, including crisply shaped stoneware bowls from Traditions Made Modern Collection. Flower Power, a colorful, contemporary new wall art selection, also makes its introduction. Elegant abstract forms highlight the spinnaker ceramic vases, designed by Yuri Zatarain. Additionally, the About Face vases showcase...
The Phillips Collection.(New products: HIGH POINT)
- 2005-04-01
Debuting are a variety of products with an artistic bent. Color Cubes is a 3-D wall decor piece incorporating bright color and graphic design in a mosaic style. The Living Color accent chairs are striped in bright hues of pink, orange and green in a modern abstract...
First ARTS nomination recognizes global design direction of The Phillips Collection.(Decorative Accessories)
- 2004-12-01
For 20 years, The Phillips Collection was a company of discovery, bringing to market exciting and exotic art and artifacts from all over the world. Behind the strong leadership of owners Mark and Julie Phillips, and partnerships forged with a host of top-tier designers, the company...
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