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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
Ammi Phillips - Artist Info
About Ammi Phillips: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (27)
All MuseumsAbby A Rockefeller Folk Art Museum
301 South Nassau Street
P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187-1776Albany Institute of History & Art
125 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12210Amon Carter Museum of American Art
3501 Camp Bowie Boulevard
Fort Worth, TX 76107-2695Art Institute of Chicago, AIC
111 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60603-6110Berkshire Museum
39 South Street
Pittsfield, MA 01201Buffalo AKG Art Museum
1285 Elmwood Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14222Chrysler Museum of Art
245 West Olney Road
Norfolk, VA 23510Connecticut Historical Society
1 Elizabeth St.
Hartford, CT 06105Fenimore Art Museum
5798 State Highway 80
Po Box 800
Cooperstown, NY 13326Fogg Art Museum: Harvard University Art Museums
Harvard University
32 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138Litchfield Historical Society
P. O. Box 385
7 South Street
Litchfield, CT 06759Mattatuck Museum
144 West Main Street
Waterbury, CT 06702Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10028San Diego Museum of Art
Balboa Park, 1450 el Prado
Po 122107
San Diego, CA 92101Shelburne Museum
6000 Shelburne Road
P.O. Box 10
Shelburne, VT 05482Spencer Museum of Art
University of Kansas
1301 Mississippi Street
Lawrence, KS 66045-7500Springfield Museum of Art
107 Cliff Park Road
Springfield, OH 45501The Art Museum, Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544-1018The Baltimore Museum of Art
10 Art Museum Drive
Baltimore, MD 21218The Bennington Museum
75 Main Street
Bennington, VT 05201The Brooklyn Museum of Art
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11238-6052The Dayton Art Institute
456 Belmonte Park North
Dayton, OH 45405The Newark Museum of Art
49 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
118 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum & Gardens
411 Kent Street
Rockford, IL 61102Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Ganesvoort Street
New York City, NY 10014