FSG325573 Fan decorated with small birds and morning glories (ink & colour on paper) by Qing Dynasty Chinese School (1644-1912)</BR>Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, USA
FSG325573 Fan decorated with small birds and morning glories (ink & colour on paper) by Qing Dynasty Chinese School (1644-1912)
Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, USA

 

 

FSG324731 Incense box in the shape of a quail, one of a pair, Tokyo, Edo period by Mochizuki Hanzan (1743-90)</BR>Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, USA
FSG324731 Incense box in the shape of a quail, one of a pair, Tokyo, Edo period by Mochizuki Hanzan (1743-90)
Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, USA

 

 

FSG325032 Travelers in the Springtime Mountains, 16th-17th century by Ming Dynasty Chinese School (1368-1644)<BR>Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, USA
FSG325032 Travelers in the Springtime Mountains, 16th-17th century by Ming Dynasty Chinese School (1368-1644)
Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, USA

 

 

FSG324838 Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room, designed by James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) 1876-77</BR>Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, USA
FSG324838 Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room, designed by James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) 1876-77
Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, USA

 

Freer-Sackler also has an impressive collection of American art. In addition to a large number of Whistler sketches and paintings, the Freer-Sackler collection holds many paintings by 19th century American artists such as Thomas Wilmer Dewing and Abbott Handerson Thayer and turn of the century artist John Twachtman.

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The Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, collectively known as the Freer-Sackler, form the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Asian Art.  The Freer-Sackler Galleries are reknowned for their preeminent Asian art collection, unrivaled in the U.S.

Charles Lang Freer began collecting American art in the 1880s. It was the artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler, whom he met in 1890 and who was strongly influenced by Japanese prints and Chinese ceramics that persuaded him to start collecting Asian art. Now, the Freer-Sackler holds an exhaustive collection of Japanese, Korean, Chinese, South and Southeast Asian art and artifacts.

 

FSG324845 Southend Pier, 1883-84 (w/c on paper) by James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)</BR>Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, USA
FSG324845 Southend Pier, 1883-84 (w/c on paper) by James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, USA

 

 

FSG324908 Portrait of Whistler with a Hat, 1857-59 by James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)</BR>Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, USA
FSG324908 Portrait of Whistler with a Hat, 1857-59 by James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, USA

 

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