Glyn Warren Philpot was an English

England

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 artist, best known for his portraits of contemporary figures such as Siegfried Sassoon

Siegfried Sassoon

Siegfried Loraine Sassoon CBE MC was an English poet, author and soldier. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, he became one of the leading poets of the First World War. His poetry both described the horrors of the trenches, and satirised the patriotic pretensions of those who, in Sassoon's...

, and Vladimir Rosing.

Philpot was born in Clapham

Clapham

Clapham is a district in south London, England, within the London Borough of Lambeth.Clapham covers the postcodes of SW4 and parts of SW9, SW8 and SW12. Clapham Common is shared with the London Borough of Wandsworth, although Lambeth has responsibility for running the common as a whole. According...

 London

London

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, but the family moved to Herne

Herne, Kent

Herne is a village in South East England, divided by the Thanet Way from the seaside resort of Herne Bay. Administratively it is in the civil parish of Herne and Broomfield in Kent. Between Herne and Broomfield is the former hamlet of Hunters Forstal; Herne Common lies to the south.The hamlet of...

 in Kent shortly afterwards. Although homosexual, Philpot was a practising Christian who converted to Roman Catholicism.

Philpot studied at the Lambeth School of Art

Lambeth School of Art

Lambeth School of Art was founded in 1854 by William Gregory as a night school associated with the St. Mary the Less Church in London.-History:...

 (now known as City and Guilds of London Art School

City and Guilds of London Art School

The City and Guilds of London Art School is an art college in London, England, United Kingdom. It is one of the country's longest established art colleges, and offers courses ranging from Foundation, through B.A. degree, Postgraduate Diploma and M.A...

) in 1900. He was elected to the Royal Academy

Royal Academy

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 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 Tate Gallery (1938), The Ashmolean Museum

Ashmolean Museum

The Ashmolean Museum on Beaumont Street, Oxford, England, is the world's first university museum...

, The National Portrait Gallery and Pallant House Gallery

Pallant House Gallery

Pallant House Gallery is an art gallery in Chichester, West Sussex, England. It houses one of the best collections of 20th century British art in the world....

.

Works

• The Elevation of the Host (1903)
• Zarzarrossa (1910)
• Portrait of Lady Witt
• Portrait of Vladimir Rosing (1919)
• The Great God Pan (1933)

Sources

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

• Robin Gibson
  Robin Warwick Gibson
  Robin Warwick Gibson, OBE was a British gallery curator and art historian best known for his work at the National Portrait Gallery in London between 1968 and 2001, including eight years as Chief Curator...
  
  - Glyn Philpot, 1884-1937: Edwardian Aesthete to Thirties Modernist (1986), National Portrait Gallery, London
• Brief biography