Tom Phillips
(1937-2022), Artist, writer and composer; Trustee of the National Portrait GallerySitter in 6 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 exhibition in London 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 was a writer and composer. His publications included A Humument (1980) and his translation and illustrations of Dante's Inferno (1982). His opera Irma was first performed in 1973. His work is held in many national and international collections, including those of the British Museum, Tate, MoMA New York and the National Gallery of Australia.
by Tom Phillips
pastel, 1972-1973
NPG 6826
by Tom Phillips
oil on canvas, 1984-1985
NPG 6824
by Tom Phillips
oil on board, 1984-1985
NPG 6823
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
by Tom Phillips
oil on canvas, 1995
NPG 6822
Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield
by Tom Phillips
computer-processed drawings and video, 1999-2000
NPG 6526
Sir Charles Robert Saumarez Smith
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
Tom Phillips ('Humument Self-Portrait at Fifty')
by Tom Phillips
lithograph, 1987
NPG D18630
Comments back to top
We are currently unable to accept new comments, but any past comments are available to read below.
If you need information from us, please use our Archive enquiry service . Please note that we cannot provide valuations. You can buy a print or greeting card of most illustrated portraits. Select the portrait of interest to you, then look out for a Buy a Print button. Prices start at around £6 for unframed prints, £16 for framed prints. If you wish to license an image, select the portrait of interest to you, then look out for a Use this image button, or contact our Rights and Images service. We digitise over 8,000 portraits a year and we cannot guarantee being able to digitise images that are not already scheduled.