ARTIST

Philip Evergood

1901–1973 · United States

Philip Evergood, a social realist painter, captured the grit and vitality of American life with a unique blend of reality and fantasy, often with a cartoonish quality.

ABOUT

Philip Howard Francis Dixon Evergood (born Howard Blashki; 1901–1973) was an American social realist painter, etcher, lithographer, sculptor, illustrator, and writer. He was particularly active during the Depression and World War II era. == Life == Philip Evergood was born in New York City in 1901. His mother was English and his father, Miles Evergood, was an Australian artist of Polish Jewish descent who, in 1915, changed the family's name from Blashki to Evergood. Philip E…

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NOTABLE WORKS
Portrait of My Mother 1936 · Dallas Museum of Art Kalamazoo Landscape 1940 · Art Institute of Chicago Two Nude Figures with Flowers 1945 · Art Institute of Chicago The Indestructibles 1946 · Art Institute of Chicago The Jester 1950 · Whitney Museum of American Art Woman at the Piano 1955 · Smithsonian American Art Museum
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