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Keywords: american modernism, new york artist, 20th century, pastel painting, fine art, figure study, portrait, jane kahan gallery, sotheby’s, mid century, flowers, expressionist, chalk, picture, Post-Impressionist movement, Modern French school, Fauvist influence, Edgar Degas style, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec style, Pierre Bonnard style, 20th century, Figurative realism
Robert Philipp pastel on paper depicting two women at a table with flowers and a pitcher, set against bold drapery. Signed upper right; gallery label from Jane Kahan Gallery on the verso.
Artist Bio: Recognition came quickly to Philipp, and his early works exhibit an eclectic range of artistic sources: Vermeer, Rembrandt, Renoir, Bonnard, Sargent, and Fantin-Latour. After the death of his father, Philipp turned away from painting for a time and joined his uncle’s opera company as a tenor. He eventually returned to painting and settled in Paris, living there in the 1920s. The exact date of Paris’s sojourn is not known, but he reportedly lived there for ten years, supporting himself through the sale of his paintings.
Back in New York in the early 1930s, Philipp was gaining a reputation for his portraits and figure studies. His – Olympia – won the Logan Prize at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1936 and was subsequently purchased by J. Paul Getty. During the Depression, he worked for the Public Works of Arts Project.
Measurements: Art: 25 1/2 x 19 3/4 in. (62.9 x 47.6 cm.); Frame: 32 x 26 in. (81.3 x 66 cm.) approx
Measurements: Provenance: Acquired from Sotheby’s in 1985, by repute Alexander Kahan Fine Art, New York.and exhibition list.
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