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Glyn Philpot

(England 1884–1937)

Title
The draughtsman
Year
1923
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on canvas, mounted on hardboard
Dimensions

92.9 x 85.3cm board; 117.5 x 107.5 x 6.0cm frame

Signature & date
Signed l.c., black paint "Glyn Philpot"or "GP" [signature partly obscured by frame]. Not dated.
Credit
Purchased 1930
Accession number
974
Location
Not on display
Provenance (1)

Glyn Philpot (England, b.1884, d.1937), London/England, Purchased by the AGNSW from the artist 1930

Bibliography (6)

Ted Gott (Australia) (Author), Laurie Benson (Australia) (Author), Sophie Matthiesson (Australia) (Author), Modern Britain 1900-1960, Melbourne, 2007, 125 (colour illus.).

Drawing and Design Sep 1923, Sep 1923, 577-579, 588-597.

A.C. Sewter (Author), Glyn Philpot 1884-1937, London, 1951, 15, 64, (illus.). fig. 44

Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue of British paintings, Sydney, 1987, 151 (illus.).

Robin Gibson (Author), Glyn Philpot 1884-1937: Edwardian Aesthete to Thirties Modernist, London, 1984, 59 (illus.). cat.no. 26

Peter Tomory (United Kingdom) (Author), Anne Kirker (New Zealand; Australia, b.1947) (Author), British painting 1800-1990 in Australian and New Zealand public collections, Sydney, 1997, 146. cat.no. 1757

Exhibition history (3)

Paintings & sculpture by Glyn Philpot, Grosvenor Gallery, London, 1923–1923.

Glyn Philpot 1884-1937: Edwardian Aesthete to Thirties Modernist, National Portrait Gallery, London, 09 Nov 1984–10 Feb 1985.

Modern Britain 1900-1960, NGV: International, 15 Nov 2007–24 Feb 2008.