Sentence examples for a distinguished collection. from inspiring English sources

It also has a distinguished collection of Chinese art and 1,600 photographs, with seminal works representing photography's major developments.

A distinguished collection of primary and secondary source materials, including dissertations and papers, related to the life, thought, and work of Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

Heinz Berggruen, a Jewish refugee, has lent a distinguished collection of Picassos and Klees to this, his native city, which has removed its classical antiquities from a landmark Charlottenburg villa in order to house them.

With a distinguished collection of American and European art, particularly French Impressionist paintings, the Clark looks like a formal art museum, but its 140-acre campus offers hiking trails and picnicking.

While Christie's catalog says that "Le Jas de Bouffan" is "property from a distinguished collection," it is actually being sold by Seibu, a Japanese corporation, which acquired it at Sotheby's in 1990 for $7.1 million.

Lillian had an artists eye for photography: she built a distinguished collection that included works of Fred Picker, Paul Strand, Eugene Atget, Edward Weston, Alfred Steiglitz, Dorothea Lange, and Paul Caponigro, among others.

This twist is just one more example of the originality and wit Barrett demonstrates throughout a most distinguished collection of stories.

Between now and then, perhaps Southern California collectors will take the hint and come forward with prized pieces that can form the nucleus of a more distinguished collection of works on paper.

Once inside, there is much to see: first-rate collections of African, Asian, Islamic and Pacific Island art; a distinguished photography collection that includes works by Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Walker Evans and Man Ray; the largest jade collection in the United States; and respectable holdings of Italian, Baroque and Dutch paintings.

Self-taught in art appreciation, Sheldon Solow has amassed what Philippe de Montebello, director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, calls a vast, eclectic and "distinguished collection," with works by Balthus, Picasso, Matisse, Botticelli, Morris Louis and Rothko, as well as Egyptian antiquities and African art.

Its Rose museum has been struggling to recover from a near-death experience since it tried to sell its distinguished collection in 2009  to fill a financial hole punched by the recession and the Bernard Madoff scandal.