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1868 Hudson, New York - 1956 San Diego, California. Known for: Southwest Indian figure, landscape and genre painting.
Bert Phillips was an American artist, born in Hudson, New York, on July 15, 1868. The great heroes of Bert Geer Phillips' youth were Kit Carson and the American Indian. Years later he was able to pay... Read full biography
Bert Phillips was an American artist, born in Hudson, New York, on July 15, 1868. The great heroes of Bert Geer Phillips' youth were Kit Carson and the American Indian. Years later he was able to pay tribute to both of them in a unique and gratifying way, through his paintings. He began drawing... Read full biography
Bert Phillips was an American artist, born in Hudson, New York, on July 15, 1868. The great heroes of Bert Geer Phillips' youth were Kit Carson and the American Indian. Years later he was able to pay tribute to both of them in a unique and gratifying way, through his paintings. He began drawing before he could write, and when still a small boy won first prize at the county fair for a collection of watercolors. After studying at the Art Students League and the National Academy of Design, he set... Read full biography
Bert Phillips was an American artist, born in Hudson, New York, on July 15, 1868. The great heroes of Bert Geer Phillips' youth were Kit Carson and the American Indian. Years later he was able to pay tribute to both of them in a unique and gratifying way, through his paintings. He began drawing before he could write, and when still a small boy won first prize at the county fair for a collection of watercolors. After studying at the Art Students League and the National Academy of Design, he set up a studio in New York, where he painted for the next five years. He then spent seven months in England, where he produced some charming watercolors of pastoral scenes. In Paris, he studied at the Academie Julien with Benjamin Constant and Jean Paul... Read full biography
Bert Phillips was an American artist, born in Hudson, New York, on July 15, 1868. The great heroes of Bert Geer Phillips' youth were Kit Carson and the American Indian. Years later he was able to pay tribute to both of them in a unique and gratifying way, through his paintings. He began drawing before he could write, and when still a small boy won first prize at the county fair for a collection of watercolors. After studying at the Art Students League and the National Academy of Design, he set up a studio in New York, where he painted for the next five years. He then spent seven months in England, where he produced some charming watercolors of pastoral scenes. In Paris, he studied at the Academie Julien with Benjamin Constant and Jean Paul Laurens. There he met Joseph Sharp and Ernest Blumenschein, who shared his desire to paint the American Indi... Read full biography