Tom Phillips (1937-), Artist
Sitter in 4 portraits
Artist of 22 portraits
Tom Phillips was born in London in 1937 and studied at St Catherine's College, Oxford, and the Camberwell School of Art (1961-3). His work was included in Young Contemporaries in 1964. His solo exhibitions include Tom Phillips, The Portrait Works, NPG, 1989-90 and Tom Phillips, Works and Texts, Royal Academy, London 1992. He became a Royal Academician in 1989. As well as being a painter, Phillips is a writer and composer. His publications include A Humument (1980) and his translation and illustrations of Dante's Inferno (1982). His opera Irma was first performed in 1973. His work is in several collections, including the British Museum, the Tate, MOMA New York and the National Gallery Australia.
Study of 'The Flaying of Marsyas' by Titian
by Tom Phillips
oil on canvas, 1985-1986
NPG 5944(8)
Tom Phillips ('Humument Self-Portrait at Fifty')
by Tom Phillips
pen and ink and gouache over printed page, 1987
NPG 6098
Sir Peter Reginald Frederick Hall
by Tom Phillips
oil on panel, polyptych, 1991
NPG 6152
by Tom Phillips
oil on canvas, 1995
NPG 6822
Susan Adele Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield
by Tom Phillips
computer-processed drawings and video, 1999-2000
NPG 6526
by Tom Phillips
oil on panel, polyptych, 2003
NPG 6648
Robert McCredie May, Baron May of Oxford
by Tom Phillips
oil on panel, 2005
NPG 6825
All paintings by this artist on the BBC Your Paintings website
Tom Phillips web site
Place
London
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