Philip Evergood

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birthdate = 1901
location = New York City
deathdate = 1973
deathplace = Bridgewater, Connecticut
nationality = American
field = Painting, Sculpture, Printmaking
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Philip Howard Francis Dixon Evergood (born Howard Blashki, 1901 in New York City – died 1973 in Bridgewater, Connecticut) was an American painter, etcher, lithographer, sculptor, illustrator and writer. He was particularly active during the Depression and World War II era. [http://www.artoftheprint.com/artistpages/evergood_philip_family.htm artoftheprint.com] ]

Life

Philip Evergood's mother was English and his father, Miles Evergood, was an Australian artist who, in 1915, changed his name from Blashki to Evergood. Philip Evergood's formal education began in 1905. He studied music and by 1908 he was playing the piano in a concert with his teacher. Who Was Who In American Art, Soundview Press 1999, Evergood, Philip]

He attended different English boarding schools starting in 1909 and was educated mainly at Eton and Cambridge University. In 1921 he decided to study art, left Cambridge, and went to London to study with Tonks at the Slade School.

In 1923 Evergood went back to New York where he studied at the Art Students League of New York for a year. He then returned to Europe, worked at various jobs in Paris, painted independently, and studied at the Académie Julian, both with André Lhote and with Stanley William Hayter; Hayter taught him engraving.

He returned to New York in 1926 and began a career that was marked by the hardships of severe illness, an almost fatal operation, and constant financial trouble.

It was not until the collector Joseph H. Hirshhorn purchased several of his paintings that he could consider his financial troubles over. Evergood worked on WPA art projects from 1934 to 1937 where he painted two murals: "The Story of Richmond Hill" (1936–37, Public Library branch, Queens, N.Y.) and "'Cotton from Field to Mill" (1938, Jackson, Ga.). He taught both music and art as late as 1943, and finally moved to Southbury, Connecticut, in 1952. He was a full member of the Art Students League of New York and the National Institute of Arts and Letters.

He was killed in a house fire in Bridgewater, Connecticut in 1973 at the age of 72.

Art

WPA.

Evergood's influences include El Greco, Bosch, Brueghel, Goya, Daumier, Toulouse-Lautrec, Sloan's Ashcan paintings, and even prehistoric cave art.

Though he experimented with etching and lithography in the 1920's, he did not begin to devote himself on a large scale to original printmaking until after 1945. At this time he studied printmaking techniques at the New York studio of Stanley William Hayter. During the following twenty-five years he produced many works of art in both lithography and etching.

During the 1950s Evergood departed from his established "Social Realism" style and concentrated on symbolism, both biblical and mythological. A characteristic work of this period in Evergood's life is "The New Lazarus", painted in 1954 and presently housed in the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Oils at auction

The following is a sample of Evergood oil paintings that have sold at auction. Significant works in oil by the artist tend to be in the five figure range (USD), while less important works are most often represented by sales in the low, mid and high four figure range (USD). Extremely important works of particular renown by this artist can reasonably be expected to break into the six figure range (USD) and are infrequently seen on the open market due to heavy museum consumption of important Evergood works from the 1950's through the 1980's. [ [http://www.findartinfo.com/search/listprices~keyword~7371~name~Philip_Howard_Evergood.asp findartinfo.com] ]

* 13-09-06 Victory Buttons Oil 54,000 USD
* 13-07-06 Self-portrait With Nudes Oil 1,680 USD
* 25-06-06 Girl In Garden Oil 2,185 USD
* 03-12-05 Little Rock Oil 8,000 USD
* 24-05-05 Still Life With Fishermen Oil 8,500 USD
* 22-05-05 Woman And Laughing Dog Brush 2,300 USD
* 20-05-05 Portrait Of Richard Esquire Oil 1,057 USD
* 23-03-05 Forest With Riders Oil 6,600 USD
* 27-09-04 Fruit 76.8 x 59.1 in Oil 28,680 USD
* 08-09-04 Fat Of The Land Oil 8,963 USD
* 18-05-04 The Dog Bite Clinic Oil 71,700 USD
* 07-03-04 Children And Very Giant Squash Oil 7,000 USD
* 07-10-03 World War I Oil Unsold

Exhibitions Of Note

Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1928, 1939-1963, Salons of America, 1934, PAFA, 1934-66 (gold medal 1949, 1958), AIC 1935 (prize), AIC 1946 (prize), WFNY, 1939, La Pintura Comtemporanea Norte America, 1941, WMA, 1942, AV 1942 (prize), American-British Goodwill Art Exhibition, 1944, Pepsi Cola Art Competition, 1944 (winner), Tate Gallery: London 1946, American Art Exhibition: Moscow, 1959, WMAA 1934-66 (Evergood Retrospective- 1967), Gallery Of Modern Art, Hunington, Hartford Museum, 1967, ASL New York, 1967-68, Smithsonian, 1968, The WPA Art Of New York City Exhibit, Parsons School Of Design, 1977 (posthumous)

Works in museums

This is a partial list of works by Evergood in museums. [ [http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/evergood_philip.html artcyclopedia.com] ]

* Smithsonian (numerous)
* Tate Gallery, London (numerous)
* Boston Museum of Fine Arts (numerous)
* Los Angeles County Museum of Art (numerous)
* Art Institute of Chicago (numerous)
* Metropolitan Museum of Art (numerous)
* Museum of Modern Art, New York (numerous)
* Hunter Museum of American Art ("Love on the Beach", 1937}
* Brooklyn Museum of Art (numerous)
* Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
* Montclair Art Museum ("Fascist Company", 1942)
* Orange County Museum of Art ("Madonna of the Mines", 1932)
* Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago
* Terra Foundation for the Arts ("Passing Show", 1951)
* Tweed Museum of Art at the University of Minnesota, Duluth ("Pittsburgh Family", 1944)
* University of Kentucky Art Museum ("Self-Portrait", 1960)
* Whitney Museum of American Art ("Lily and the Sparrows", 1939, "The New Lazarus" 1954)
* Vatican Museum ("Strange Bird Contemplating the Doom of Man")
* Jule Collins Smith Museum at Auburn University ("Fascist Leader", 1946)

References

Blanton Museum of Art, Austin Texas- "Dance Marathon," 1934

External links

* [http://www.bobolinkbooks.com/BALLAST/Evergood.html The Good, the Bad and Philip Evergood]
* [http://www.aaa.si.edu/guides/site-africanamerican/index.cfm/fuseaction/collections.Detailcollection/CollectionGuideID/2917 Smithsonian Online Page Representing The Evergood Papers Collection]
* [http://artandsocialissues.cmaohio.org/web-content/pages/econ_evergood.html Columbus Museum of Art] Web page on Evergood's 1934 oil painting "Spring" (click on picture for larger image)
* [http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/t/taylor_evergood.htm Kendall Taylor collection relating to Philip Evergood] at Syracuse University