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1788 Colebrook, Connecticut - 1865 Curtisville, New York. Known for: Naive portrait and figure painting.
Ammi Phillips was born in Colebrook, Connecticut and began painting portraits of western Massachusetts subjects in about 1811. In 1813 he married Laura Brockway of Schodack, New York, and briefly... Read full biography
Ammi Phillips was born in Colebrook, Connecticut and began painting portraits of western Massachusetts subjects in about 1811. In 1813 he married Laura Brockway of Schodack, New York, and briefly lived in Troy before settling in Rhinebeck, in Dutchess County. While there, Phillips painted... Read full biography
Ammi Phillips was born in Colebrook, Connecticut and began painting portraits of western Massachusetts subjects in about 1811. In 1813 he married Laura Brockway of Schodack, New York, and briefly lived in Troy before settling in Rhinebeck, in Dutchess County. While there, Phillips painted likenesses on both sides of the New York/New England border. These "Border Period'' portraits, executed in pastel shades from 1812 through 1819, feature sitters with gangly arms, glancing sideways. In the... Read full biography
Ammi Phillips was born in Colebrook, Connecticut and began painting portraits of western Massachusetts subjects in about 1811. In 1813 he married Laura Brockway of Schodack, New York, and briefly lived in Troy before settling in Rhinebeck, in Dutchess County. While there, Phillips painted likenesses on both sides of the New York/New England border. These "Border Period'' portraits, executed in pastel shades from 1812 through 1819, feature sitters with gangly arms, glancing sideways. In the 1820s, Phillips experimented with dark and light color contrasts in his portraits of Dutchess, Orange, and Columbia County residents. After his first wife's death, Phillips remarried, lived for a time in Amenia, New York, and then settled in 1836 in Kent... Read full biography
Ammi Phillips was born in Colebrook, Connecticut and began painting portraits of western Massachusetts subjects in about 1811. In 1813 he married Laura Brockway of Schodack, New York, and briefly lived in Troy before settling in Rhinebeck, in Dutchess County. While there, Phillips painted likenesses on both sides of the New York/New England border. These "Border Period'' portraits, executed in pastel shades from 1812 through 1819, feature sitters with gangly arms, glancing sideways. In the 1820s, Phillips experimented with dark and light color contrasts in his portraits of Dutchess, Orange, and Columbia County residents. After his first wife's death, Phillips remarried, lived for a time in Amenia, New York, and then settled in 1836 in Kent and Sharon, Connecticut. His "Kent Period'' portraits feature darker compositions, often with brilliant patc... Read full biography
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeDouble Portrait of the Ten Broeck Twins, Jacob Wessel Ten Broeck (1823-1896) and William Henry Ten Broeck (1823-1888), Aged 10 Years, Seated with a Bowl of Fruit
Ammi Phillips Auction: 03/03/2013Lot: 13Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneePORTRAIT OF A WINSOME YOUNG GIRL IN RED WITH GREEN SLIPPERS, DOG AND BIRD
Ammi Phillips Auction: 01/20/2012 - 1/21/2012Lot: 260Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeDouble Portrait of Theron Simpson Ludington (1850-1922) and His Older Sister Virginia Ludington(1846-1865), circa 1852
Ammi Phillips Auction: 01/21/2010 - 1/25/2010Lot: 124Subscribe or get free alerts
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