American Art Portrait of Mr. Warburton of Rockboro, Virginia Companion to Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1973-258-2 Made in United States, North and Central Americac. 1825 Ammi Phillips, American, 1788 - 1865 Oil on canvas Currently not on view 1973-258-1 The Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1973 |
LabelAmmi Phillips, an itinerant portrait painter who worked across the northeastern states for decades beginning about 1810, served a well-dressed, middle-class clientele. His sitters, like Mr. Warburton, are often shown with books and seated in fancy painted chairs. Painting with a "folk" aesthetic, Phillips created images with strong value contrasts, crisp contours, flattened forms, and lively surface patterns. |
