Glyn Philpot

Glyn Warren Philpot (October 5 1884 – December 16 1937), was an English artist, best known for his portraits of contemporary figures such as Siegfried Sassoon.

Philpot was born in Clapham London, but the family moved to Herne in Kent shortly afterwards. Although homosexual, Philpot was a practising Christian who converted to Roman Catholicism.

Philpot was elected to the Royal Academy in 1923. Some of his later work was considered controversial in its time because of the explicit sexual imagery, and this led to a loss of popularity which caused him financial hardship.

Exhibitions have been held at The Ashmolean Museum, The National Portrait Gallery and Pallant House Gallery

Works

*"The Elevation of the Host" (1903)
*"Zarzarrossa" (1910)
*"Portrait of Lady Witt"
*"The Great God Pan" (1933)

ources

*J G P Delaney - "Glyn Philpot: His Life and Art" (1999)

*Robin Gibson - "Glyn Philpot, 1884-1937: Edwardian Aesthete to Thirties Modernist" (1986), National Portrait Gallery, London

* [http://www.knittingcircle.org.uk/glynphilpot.html Brief biography]