The Phillips Collection

The Phillips Collection
America's first museum of modern art
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Established1921
Location1600 21st Street NW Washington, D.C.
Coordinates38°54′41.0″N 77°2′48.5″W / 38.911389°N 77.046806°W / 38.911389; -77.046806
TypeArt museum[1]
DirectorJonathan P. Binstock (since 2023)
Public transit access      Dupont Circle
Websitewww.phillipscollection.org

The Phillips Collection is an art museum founded by Duncan Phillips and Marjorie Acker Phillips in 1921 as the Phillips Memorial Gallery located in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Phillips was the grandson of James H. Laughlin, a banker and co-founder of the Jones and Laughlin Steel Company.[2]

Among the artists represented in the collection are Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Gustave Courbet, El Greco, Vincent van Gogh, Henri Matisse, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Pierre Bonnard, Paul Klee, Arthur Dove, Winslow Homer, James McNeill Whistler, Jacob Lawrence, Augustus Vincent Tack, Georgia O'Keeffe, Karel Appel, Joan Miró, Mark Rothko and Berenice Abbott.

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  2. ^ Kennicott, Philip (March 9, 2021). "Phillips Collection is turning 100 and showing what future of classic museums can be". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 9, 2021.