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Freer Gallery of Art
F1904-61. Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room (better known as The Peacock Room[1]) is a work of interior decorative art created by James McNeill Whistler and Thomas Jeckyll, translocated to the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Whistler painted the paneled room in a unified palette of blue-greens with over- glazing and metallic ...
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Location. 1050 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20004. Website. asia.si.edu. The National Museum of Asian Art consists of the Smithsonian Institution ’s two Asian art galleries, the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, [1] which are situated in connecting buildings on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
Businessman. Known for. Collector of Asian and American art. Charles Lang Freer (February 25, 1854 – September 25, 1919) was an American industrialist, art collector, and patron. He is known for his large collection of East Asian, American, and Middle Eastern art. In 1906, Freer donated his extensive collection to the Smithsonian Institution ...
The collection was established by Charles Freer (1854–1919), an industrialist from Detroit, Michigan and is held at the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. All these manuscripts were purchased at the beginning of the 20th century in Egypt by Charles Freer. Four manuscripts were bought on 19 December 1906 from an Arab dealer named Ali in ...
After Freer's death in 1919, both Princess and The Peacock Room were moved to the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., a Smithsonian museum established by Freer. [ 1 ] [ 9 ] Princess continues to be housed in The Peacock Room at the Freer Gallery, shown hung above the fireplace amidst a rotating stock of Asian ceramics.
Thomas Wilmer Dewing, Summer, 1890, Smithsonian American Art Museum. Thomas Wilmer Dewing (May 4, 1851 – November 5, 1938) was an American painter working at the turn of the 20th century. Schooled in Paris, Dewing was noted for his figure paintings of aristocratic women. He was a founding member of the Ten American Painters and taught at the ...