Museums and the National Spirit: Blue Star Museums
This post is the first in a series in honor of the Blue Star Museums Initiative. The Phillips Collection, with over 1,500 other institutions across the country, has been participating in the Blue Star...
View ArticleMuseums and the National Spirit: The Allied War Salon
George Luks, Blue Devils on Fifth Avenue, 1918, Oil on canvas; 38 5/8 x 44 1/2 in.; 98.1075 x 113.03 cm.. Acquired 1918. This post is the second in a series in honor of the Blue Star Museums...
View ArticleMuseums and the National Spirit: “The Arts in War Time”
This painting held special meaning for Duncan Phillips who recognized in it a passionate spirit for freedom. Honoré Daumier, The Uprising (L'Emeute), 1848 or later. Oil on canvas, 34 1/2 x 44 1/2 in....
View ArticleMuseums and the National Spirit: A Solider Named Richard Diebenkorn
Richard Diebenkorn, Girl with Plant, 1960. Oil on canvas, 80 x 69 1/2 in. The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. Acquired 1961 The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. © The Estate of Richard...
View ArticleBlue Star Renoir
Following up to our series honoring the Blue Star Museums initiative, here is a Renoir-inspired submission to Blue Star Museums’s Creativity Contest, which military kids ages 6 to 17 can still enter...
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