TOM PHILLIPS ARTIST PROOF 'OH MOZART' ETCHING

Tom Phillips (1937-2022) - Oh Mozart - A 20th century Artist Proof print on paper. Edition xxIV / XXV. Signed and numbered by the artist. With invoice Flowers East Gallery. Framed and glazed. Measures approx. 70cm x 56cm.

Tom Phillips's work as an artist was fuelled by several persistent preoccupations, expressed through an even larger number of formats. These include painting (both figurative and abstract), opera (composer, librettist, set designer), concrete poetry and ornamental forms of writing, sculpture and site-specific designs (mosaic, tapestry, wire frame objects). He also took on several para-artistic roles – critic, curator, committee chairman for the Royal Academy, translator – all of which he folded back into his art. Born in 1937, Phillips attended drawing classes and lectures on Renaissance iconography alongside his studies at Oxford. Back in the South London neighbourhood where he lived and worked nearly all his life, Phillips was taught by Frank Auerbach at Camberwell School of Art.

The Mozart Portfolio was a co-production with the Royal Academy in association with the Sunday Times in 1990 and marked the 200th anniversary of Mozart’s death. Six prominent Royal Academicians were commissioned to produce original images inspired by Mozart.

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