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William Merritt Chase: Hide and Seek
William Merritt Chase, Hide and Seek, 1888. Oil on canvas, 27 5/8 x 35 7/8 in. The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. Acquired 1923. Hide and Seek is one of my favorite paintings in The Phillips...
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Parallel Meanings
(Left) Pierre Bonnard, Marthe nude, seated on the bed with her back turned, 1899-1900. Sepia-toned gelatin silver print, 1 1/2 x 2 in. Musée d'Orsay, Paris. Gift of the children of Charles Terrasse,...
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Who Put the Silhouette in Snapshot?
Henri Rivière. Cabaret of the Chat Noir: Stagehands moving zinc figures behind the screen for The Epic, ca. 1887-94. Gelatin silver print, 3 1/2 x 4 3/4 in. (9 x 12 cm.) Musée d'Orsay, Paris. Gift of...
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Pierre Bonnard and Japanese Art
Snapshot is part of the National Cherry Blossom Festival, celebrating 100 years of the gift of trees. For readers interested in learning more about the influence of Japan on artists in the exhibition,...
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Views of Paris, Views of Japan
Henri Rivière, Planche 25, Dans la tour (Plate 25, Inside the Tower), from Les trente-six vues de la Tour Eiffel (Thirty-six Views of the Eiffel Tower), 1888-1902. Lithograph, 6 5/8 x 8 1/4 in. (16.8 x...
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The Genealogy of a Painting
Per Kirkeby, Fram, 1982. Oil on canvas, 46 1/2 x 78 3/4 in. Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark Caspar David Friedrich. The Sea of Ice (German: Das Eismeer) 1823–1824. Oil on canvas, 38...
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The Armory Show celebrates its 100th Anniversary
An overhead installation view of the Armory Show, 1913 / unidentified photographer. Walt Kuhn, Kuhn family papers, and Armory Show records, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. The Armory...
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Women’s History at the Phillips: Elmira Bier
Elmira Bier, in white blouse, sits with C. Law Watkins to her left and Marjorie and Duncan Phillips to her right. Standing are Ira Moore (?) and Charles Val Clear. Photo circa 1931. Elmira Bier...
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Women’s History at the Phillips: Minnie Byers
Minnie Byers. Photo: courtesy Byers Family Strong-willed Minnie Byers left her home in Ellenboro, North Carolina, when she was eighteen. With very little money, Byers found her way, attending business...
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Pollock Meets Japanese Poetry in Collage
Jackson Pollock, Collage and Oil, c. 1951, oil, ink, gouache and paper collage on canvas; overall: 50 in x 35 in; 127 cm x 88.9 cm. Acquired 1958. The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C. Jackson...
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Treasures by Arthur Hall Smith
A plate from Arthur’s handmade book for the Phillips’s showing visiting nuns admiring Matisse’s Studio, Quai Saint-Michel. The Phillips Collection Archives, Washington D.C. Arthur Hall Smith was a...
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Georgia O’Keeffe’s “Good World”
Letter from Georgia O’Keeffe to Marjorie Phillips, 1975 A letter from Georgia O’Keeffe to Marjorie Phillips, wife of Duncan Phillips and a painter in her own right, has a postscript that reads, “It was...
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Phillips Flashback: A Visit From Pierre Bonnard
Pierre Bonnard, Early Spring, 1908. Oil on canvas, 34 1/4 x 52 in. The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, Acquired 1925; © 2015 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris French painter...
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Women of Influence
Postcard from Elmira Bier to Marjorie Phillips, undated. From The Phillips Collection archives Women of Influence: Elmira Bier, Minnie Byers, and Marjorie Phillips is the current Reading Room...
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Phillips Flashback: A New York State of Mind
Letter from Duncan Phillips to Frank Rehn, 1922. From The Phillips Collection Library & Archives In 1922, one year after The Phillips Collection opened to the public, Duncan Phillips explored the...
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Phillips Flashback: A Man of Many Lists
From The Phillips Collection Archives Museum founder Duncan Phillips loved making lists. He often created lists that ranked individual works of art. In a document dated 1919-1920, prior to the museum’s...
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A Byers Family Reunion
Members of Minnie Byers’s family with Phillips Head Librarian Karen Schneider Last month, ten members of Minnie Byers’s family came from as far away as Texas to see the archival exhibition Women of...
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Dispatches: Drawing with Children in Morocco, Part 1
Last year, Phillips Head Librarian Karen Schneider spent time in the High Atlas Mountains, Morocco, teaching drawing to school children. She recounts the experience in this two-part blog post. The...
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Dispatches: Drawing with Children in Morocco, Part 2
Last year, Phillips Head Librarian Karen Schneider spent time in the High Atlas Mountains, Morocco, teaching drawing to school children. She recounts the experience in this two-part blog post. See Part...
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I Miss Georges Braque’s The Shower
The Phillips Collection galleries have been dark and empty and our staff and visitors have been missing our beloved collection. In this series we will highlight artworks that the Phillips staff have...
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