Where is the Peacock Room now?
Freer Gallery of Art
The Peacock Room
| Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room | |
|---|---|
| Medium | Oil paint and gold leaf on canvas, leather, and wood |
| Dimensions | 421.6 cm × 613.4 cm × 1026.2 cm (166.0 in × 241.5 in × 404.0 in) |
| Location | Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. |
| 38°53′16.50″N 77°01′37.00″W |
What museum is the Peacock Room in?
Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art
The Peacock Room – Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art.
Where is the Peacock Room at the Smithsonian?
Located between galleries of Chinese and American art, the Peacock Room remains a place where Asia meets America.
Who bought the Peacock Room?
One New York newspaper, for instance, reported that art collector and financier J. P. Morgan, the so-called King of Wall Street, had bought the Peacock Room.
How did Peacock Room end up in the United States?
After Leyland’s death, Gilded Age industrialist and museum founder Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) purchased the Peacock Room in 1904. It was dismantled, shipped across the Atlantic Ocean, and reassembled in an annex built onto Freer’s home in Detroit, Michigan.
Who painted the Peacock Room?
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Thomas Jeckyll
The Peacock Room/Artists
When was the Peacock Room created?
1876–1877The Peacock Room / Created
Who designed the Peacock Room?
How did the Peacock Room end up in the United States?
Where does the peacock room get its name from?
The Peacock Room (named for the birds Whistler painted on its shutters and walls) reflects the tension between the artist and his first significant patron. Leyland had hired Thomas Jeckyll, a prominent architect, to design a display space for his mostly blue and white Qing dynasty (1644-1911) porcelain collection.