DC is home to many, many museums.
One of the lesser known museums is the Phillips Collection, located near DuPont Circle. The Phillips is an art museum founded in 1921 in the former home of the Phillips family, heirs to a steel and banking fortune. The art collection is incredible, including masterpieces of some of the great artists the 19th and 20th centuries. You can see a few examples below. Enjoy!
One of the lesser known museums is the Phillips Collection, located near DuPont Circle. The Phillips is an art museum founded in 1921 in the former home of the Phillips family, heirs to a steel and banking fortune. The art collection is incredible, including masterpieces of some of the great artists the 19th and 20th centuries. You can see a few examples below. Enjoy!
A surprise in the Phillips Collection is a room dedicated to to four abstract paintings by Mark Rothko. If you like Rothko's work, like Greg does, you will enjoy spending some contemplative time in the Rothko Room.
A typical comment about Rothko's paintings are: "I could do that." Of course, a comment like that is true in part. However,what makes Rothko's paintings especially noteworthy is understanding them in historical context and divining their symbolism. Rothko was among the first abstract painters to abandon realism so completely. So, the genius of his art is its originality. Also, a viewer might understandably think the paintings are merely colored squares. They are that, but if you spend some time looking at the paintings, you may begin to appreciate what they symbolize and how they make you feel.
Next Up: More art from the Phillips Collection.
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