Solar Spectrum
date: label: date made
content: mid twentieth century
notes: label: Description
content: This oil painting was created by Charles Bittinger and Deane Brewster Judd, and came to the Smithsonian in 1958. Charles Bittinger (1879-1970) was an artist who studied at M.I.T. and the Ecoles des Beaux Artes in Paris; settled in Washington, D.C., in 1929; developed relationships with the Naval Research Laboratory and Colorimetry section of the National Bureau of Standards; and explored the relationships between art and science. Deane Brewster Judd (1900-1972) was a physicist who spent his career in the colorimetry section of the National Bureau of Standards.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia
topic: label: Subject
content: Science
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Charles Bittinger and Deane B. Judd
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.316014
label: catalog number
content: 316014
label: accession number
content: 223099
objectType: label: Object Name
content: spectrum painting
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 38 3/4 in x 78 3/4 in x 2 in; 98.425 cm x 200.025 cm x 5.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 39 in x 79 in x 2 in; 99.06 cm x 200.66 cm x 5.08 cm