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1927 Boone, North Carolina - 2011 Annapolis, Maryland. Known for: Droll western subject painting and sculpture, commercial art, illustration.
Gordon Phillips was born in 1927 in Boone, North Carolina. He studied at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C. and became an illustrator and sculptor of conventional, realistically detailed... Read full biography
Gordon Phillips was born in 1927 in Boone, North Carolina. He studied at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C. and became an illustrator and sculptor of conventional, realistically detailed Western subject matter. Long a commercial artist, Phillips was art director for an advertising... Read full biography
Gordon Phillips was born in 1927 in Boone, North Carolina. He studied at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C. and became an illustrator and sculptor of conventional, realistically detailed Western subject matter. Long a commercial artist, Phillips was art director for an advertising agency, placing work in national magazines. He later devoted himself to becoming a fine artist. He often made expeditions to the West, seeking visual experiences and artifacts. He has received commissions... Read full biography
Gordon Phillips was born in 1927 in Boone, North Carolina. He studied at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C. and became an illustrator and sculptor of conventional, realistically detailed Western subject matter. Long a commercial artist, Phillips was art director for an advertising agency, placing work in national magazines. He later devoted himself to becoming a fine artist. He often made expeditions to the West, seeking visual experiences and artifacts. He has received commissions from the Franklin Mint, National Geographic Society and Smithsonian Institution, exhibiting at the Kennedy Gallery in New York City. Source: . Michael David Zellman, "300 Years of American Art". Peggy and Harold Samuels, "Encyclopedia of Artists of... Read full biography
Gordon Phillips was born in 1927 in Boone, North Carolina. He studied at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C. and became an illustrator and sculptor of conventional, realistically detailed Western subject matter. Long a commercial artist, Phillips was art director for an advertising agency, placing work in national magazines. He later devoted himself to becoming a fine artist. He often made expeditions to the West, seeking visual experiences and artifacts. He has received commissions from the Franklin Mint, National Geographic Society and Smithsonian Institution, exhibiting at the Kennedy Gallery in New York City. Source: . Michael David Zellman, "300 Years of American Art". Peggy and Harold Samuels, "Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West"
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Gordon Phillips was born in 1927 in Boone, North Carolina. He studied at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C. and became an illustrator and sculptor of conventional, realistically detailed Western subject matter. Long a commercial artist, Phillips was art director for an advertising agency, placing work in national magazines. He later devoted himself to becoming a fine artist.
He often made expeditions to the West, seeking visual experiences and artifacts. He has received commissions from the Franklin Mint, National Geographic Society and Smithsonian Institution, exhibiting at the Kennedy Gallery in New York City.
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Michael David Zellman, "300 Years of American Art"
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