Duncan Phillips

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Duncan Phillips was an American art collector and critic best known for establishing one of the first modern art museums in the United States.

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Duncan Phillips canonical 4

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instanceOf art collector
art critic
art museum
human
museum founder
painter
burialPlace Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
surface form: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C., United States
collectionFocus American art
European modernism
Impressionism
Post-Impressionism
modern art
country United States of America
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1886-06-26
dateOfDeath 1966-05-09
educatedAt Yale University
familyName Phillips
fieldOfWork art collecting
art criticism
founded The Phillips Collection
fullName Duncan Phillips self-link
genreOfWriting art criticism
givenName Duncan
inceptionOfFoundedInstitution 1921
influenced acceptance of modern art in America
museum practices in the United States
influencedBy Henri Matisse
James McNeill Whistler
Paul Cézanne
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Vincent van Gogh
knownFor founding The Phillips Collection
languageOfWorkOrName English
location Washington, D.C.
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
nationality American
notableFor establishing one of the first museums of modern art in the United States
notableIdea intimate, domestic-scale museum for modern art
notableWork A Collection in the Making
Art and Understanding
placeOfBirth Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
surface form: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C.
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
residence Washington, D.C.
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
spouse Marjorie Acker Phillips
workLocation Washington, D.C.
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States

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The Phillips Collection foundedBy Duncan Phillips
The Phillips Collection namedAfter Duncan Phillips
Duncan Phillips fullName Duncan Phillips self-link
Marjorie Acker Phillips spouse Duncan Phillips