Emanuel Phillips Fox was born in 1865. Fox was one of Australia's most celebrated Impressionist painters, known for his skillful use of light, colour, and atmosphere.

Fox was highly regarded for his portraits, which often captured his subjects with a luminous softness and an impressionistic approach to form.

Fox's portraits ranged from intimate family studies to grand society commissions, demonstrating both technical precision and a deep sensitivity to character.

Emanuel Phillips Fox passed away in 1915.

Emanuel Philips Fox’s art is grounded in nature and styled in the French Impressionist methods of plein-air painting. When interviewed in Melbourne before his 1913 exhibition at the Athenaeum, he said, ‘In art everything must start from the springboard of nature. One may treat nature realistically, decoratively, or as a basis for the expression of ideas, but nature must be there.’