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1927 Chickasha, Oklahoma - 2005 Norman, Oklahoma. Known for: Western genre painting and sculpture.
Tom Phillips was born in Chickasha, Oklahoma. His great grandfather Thomas Jefferson Phillips, who had some Native American blood, ventured to Oklahoma in the 1850s, married a Native American woman... Read full biography
Tom Phillips was born in Chickasha, Oklahoma. His great grandfather Thomas Jefferson Phillips, who had some Native American blood, ventured to Oklahoma in the 1850s, married a Native American woman and became a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation. By the age of nine, Phillips showed so much interest in... Read full biography
Tom Phillips was born in Chickasha, Oklahoma. His great grandfather Thomas Jefferson Phillips, who had some Native American blood, ventured to Oklahoma in the 1850s, married a Native American woman and became a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation. By the age of nine, Phillips showed so much interest in drawing he was sent to the Helen Lorenze Art School in Oklahoma City. There, he studied the fundamentals of perspective, anatomy and drawing landscapes until he was 16. Since then, he has studied at... Read full biography
Tom Phillips was born in Chickasha, Oklahoma. His great grandfather Thomas Jefferson Phillips, who had some Native American blood, ventured to Oklahoma in the 1850s, married a Native American woman and became a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation. By the age of nine, Phillips showed so much interest in drawing he was sent to the Helen Lorenze Art School in Oklahoma City. There, he studied the fundamentals of perspective, anatomy and drawing landscapes until he was 16. Since then, he has studied at Phillips University in Enid, Oklahoma, the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, and the Kansas City Art Institute. Phillips also studied privately with David Kreitzer out of Mill Valley, California and Mark Anstending of San Francisco, California who... Read full biography
Tom Phillips was born in Chickasha, Oklahoma. His great grandfather Thomas Jefferson Phillips, who had some Native American blood, ventured to Oklahoma in the 1850s, married a Native American woman and became a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation. By the age of nine, Phillips showed so much interest in drawing he was sent to the Helen Lorenze Art School in Oklahoma City. There, he studied the fundamentals of perspective, anatomy and drawing landscapes until he was 16. Since then, he has studied at Phillips University in Enid, Oklahoma, the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, and the Kansas City Art Institute. Phillips also studied privately with David Kreitzer out of Mill Valley, California and Mark Anstending of San Francisco, California who instructed him in the esoterics of sight and sound. Phillips then spent 20 years working as a commercial illustrator in New York,... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Farm, Barn, Ranch Scene and/or Agricultural Genre
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Indians, Native Americans
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Mountain Men, Trappers
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Western Art: Cowboys, Indians, Horses, Ranch Scenes
Art School
- •Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, Student
- •Kansas City Art Institute, Student
Added Description
- •Combat, War Artist: Illustration, Painting or Photography
- •Commercial Art and Design
- •Genre Specialty
- •Magazine/Book and/or Comic Book Cover Art
- •Postage Stamp Designer
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Indian, Native American