The phillips collection. (Reviews).

The phillips collection. (Reviews). [TV] THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION. Video/28 min./$39.95. Level: HighSchool and Adult. L&S Video Inc., 45 Stomowaye, Chappoqua, NY 10514,(914) 238-9366. If you aren't able to visit the Phillips Collection inWashington, D.C., this video will take you there for a half-hour tourand will also give you a great deal of background on how the familycreated America's first museum of modern art. The Collection beganin 1921 in the Phillips home and expanded as the collection of Europeanand American masterpieces was acquired. Viewers see and hear severalmembers of the Phillips family speak of the history of this collection.The Phillips' vision and love of art led them to collect works byEl Greco El Greco:see Greco, El. , Chardin, Bonnard, van Gogh, Degas DegasTo release and vent gases. New building materials often give off gases and odors and the air should be well circulated to remove them.Mentioned in: Multiple Chemical Sensitivity , Gauguin, Cezanne, Renoir,Vuillard, Klee, Braque, Dove and Lawrence. Perhaps the jewel in thecollection's crown is Renoir's dazzling Luncheon of theBoating Party Luncheon of the Boating Party (1881, French: Le d��jeuner des canotiers) is a painting by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir. It is currently housed in the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C. . For information about this program, circle No. 395 on theReader Service Card.