Background
Phillips, Marjorie was born on October 25, 1894 in Bourbon, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Charles Ernest and Alice (Beal) Acker.
Phillips, Marjorie was born on October 25, 1894 in Bourbon, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Charles Ernest and Alice (Beal) Acker.
Student Classical School for Girls, New York City, Mission Fuller’s School, Ossining, New York, Art Students League, New York City.
Associate director Phillips Gallery, Washington, from 1925. Director Phillips Collection, Washington. Paintings exhbt. at Century of Progress, New York World’s Fair, Golden Gate Exposition, Museum Modern Art, American Exhdn. in Paris, The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, Pennsylvania Academy, Carnegie Institute, Whitney Museum, Museum Legion of Honour.
Retrospective exhibition at Edward Root Art Center.
Representative permanent collections of Whitney Museum, Boston Museum Fine Arts, Yale Museum, Phillips Gallery, Corcoran Gallery Art, private collections. One man shows include Kraushaars, Durand Ruel, Bignou, Durlacher Brothers.
Painting included in loan exhibition to Tate Gallery, London, 1946. Honorary trustee Washington Gallery Modern Artist
Clubs: Sulgrave (Washington).
Married Duncan Phillips, October 8, 1921 (deceased). Children: Mary Marjorie, Laughlin.