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What better way to celebrate the Philadelphia Museum of Art's vast collection of Dutch tiles than to collaborate with StoryTiles of Amsterdam on our very own piece featuring our majestic museum sitting atop a Delft-inspired blue hill surrounded by nature...

Celebrate the 1973 "Marcel Duchamp" Exhibition held at the Museum from September 22nd thru December 9th.  The exhibition was co-curated by Anne d'Harnoncourt of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Kynaston McShine of the Museum of Modern Art...

Go the distance with our museum exclusive sweatshirt that celebrates Philly's most famous underdog and immortalizes the museum steps he trained on! Designed by local artist Lisa Roberts.  Please allow for slight print variations as this is a hand...

Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise: His Final Months offers a unique and impressive overview of the paintings and drawings that Vincent van Gogh created during the last seventy days of his life. He produced no fewer than seventy-four paintings and over thirty...

One hundred and fifty years ago, Vincent van Gogh fell under the enticing spell of Japanese printmaking while working in Paris. He bought over six hundred Japanese prints and displayed them in his studio as inspiration.Van Gogh admired the prints’...

A beautiful and delightfully handy art book that is designed to inspire, this collection of 150 beautifully reproduced Vincent Van Gogh images makes a stylish gift. His writings have been edited and selected to create an enlightening, uplifting, and...

Ukiyo-e are paintings of the "floating world" of the Edo Period, in other words, the daily life of the time that is depicted in an exciting, satirical and at times joyful way. Because they were popular among common people, they are said to have laid the...

Pulled from a stamped book in the Museum’s library the Griffin was introduced in 1938, marking the moment the museum officially became the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Since classical antiquity, griffins were known for guarding treasures and priceless...

Taking inspiration from the museum’s encyclopedic collection, local Philadelphia maker The Painted Lily has created small artworks on beautiful tumbled marble tiles . Whether hanging on your wall, decorating your desktop or bookshelf, or as a coaster for...

While anchoring his practice in the traditions of antiquity and the Renaissance, Auguste Rodin paved the way for modern sculpture. From a very early stage, he was interested in movement, the expression of the body, chance effects, and the incomplete...

Featuring over five hundred masterpieces from around the world, this revised and expanded guide is a beautifully illustrated introduction to the collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. This updated version of the museum's handbook presents more...

This slender mug features the art of Degas' Danseuse sur scène (1877)  Beautiful as a decorative object by itself, this mug is the perfect size to cradle in your hands while you enjoy a delicious hot beverage. Made from fired ceramic Holds 8...

This slender mug features the art of Van Gogh's Sunflowers (1888).  Beautiful as a decorative object by itself, this mug is the perfect size to cradle in your hands while you enjoy a delicious hot beverage. Made from fired ceramic Holds 8...

The iconic work "Cœurs volants", or "Fluttering Hearts" by Marcel Duchamp  was specially made by the artist (1887-1968) for the cover of the  Cahiers d’Art revue, n° 1-2, 11th year, 1936, representing three hearts,  one red...

The Work Projects Administration (WPA) posters were produced from 1936 to 1943 by various branches of the WPA (2,000 are known to exist). The posters were designed to publicize exhibits, community activities, theatrical productions, and health and...

Our enamel pin details Rousseau's Merry Jesters that will keep your cap, backpack of favorite jacket smiling! Rousseau's best-known paintings depict jungle scenes, even though he never left France or saw a jungle. His inspiration came from illustrations...

There are many myths about the artist Edgar Degas—from Degas the misanthrope to Degas the deviant, to Degas the obsessive. But there is no single text that better stokes the fire than Degas and His Model, a short memoir published by Alice...

While he waited for Paul Gauguin to join him in the Provençal city of Arles in 1888, Vincent van Gogh painted five audaciously decorative still lifes of sunflowers in simple earthenware jugs. At least two of these canvases decorated Gauguin's bedroom...

Mad about Painting collects beautiful new translations of Hokusai’s painting tutorials and related essays written by the artist and his peers—a selection made available in English for the first time.   Best known for his iconic print...

A compilation of esoteric musings, Kandinsky: Incarnating Beauty explores Alexandre Kojève’s philosophical approach to the relationship between art and beauty.   A teacher to Jacques Lacan, André Breton, and Albert Camus,...