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Philip Evergood
"Great Neck Landscape" American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern WPA

c. 1935

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"Great Neck Landscape" American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern WPA PHILIP HOWARD EVERGOOD (1901 - 1973) Great Neck Landscape 12 x 16 inches Oil on board, circa 1935. Signed at lower right Framed: 17 x 21 inches BIO Philip Evergood was born in New York City on October 26, 1901. His father, an artist named Meyer Blashki, was an Australian Jew of Polish descent who had emigrated to the United States, but his mother was a member of a well-to-do Anglican family who was determined to have her son educated in her native England. When Philip failed to get past the Committee of Admirals for entrance into the Royal Naval Training College, his father fired off an angry letter to the First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill, demanding to know whether the boy's last name had influenced the admirals. Convinced that it had, Meyer Blashki renamed himself and his son Evergood and the boy duly did time at both Eton and Cambridge. But Cambridge and Philip did not long agree, for he finally made up his mind that all he wanted to do was paint. He studied art at the Slade School in London, Julian Academie in Paris, and the Art Students' League of New York. He met his wife Julia in Paris and they eventually settled in Manhattan. On canvas, Evergood's figures were apt to be as chunky as himself, his colors applied in solid, intrically designed blocks. But the mood could be as soft as a glow. Occasionally Evergood would vent his rage against the world in brilliant clashing clutters of symbolic figures. But there remains an almost childlike sweetness that he had never been able to outgrow. During the 1930s he was a muralist for the Works Progress Administration and was President of the New York Artists Union. He taught at various institutions in the 1940s and in 1952 moved to Southbury, Connecticut and two years later to Bridgeport where he lived until his death in 1973.
  • Creator:
    Philip Evergood (1901-1973, American)
  • Creation Year:
    c. 1935
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 17 in (43.18 cm)Width: 21 in (53.34 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1156215847242

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