'Interior with the Artist's Wife' by Philip John Whitten (born 1922)

Object Description

Original Oil on canvas by Modern British artist Philip John Whitten (born 1922)
Available at Panter and Hall.

Object History

Exhibited at Panter and Hall ‘A Dealer’s Eye II’ 2021.
E-Catalogue available here: https://ebooks.panterandhall.com/other/a-dealers-eye-2021

Object Literature

Not much is recorded of Whitten’s life other than he was an artist, educator and latterly a potter of some renown. He was born in Leyton, Essex and studied at Hornsey School of Art from 1937 to 1940, under Norman Janes and John Charles Moody. He went on to Accrington School of Art from 1941 to 1942 then to the Royal College of Art from 1946 to 1949 under Carel Weight, Edward Bawden and Ruskin Spear. He taught at Eastbourne School of Art, in Sussex, where he lived and was a member of the Society of Artists. He seems to have been a friend of Duncan Grant as the latter wrote an open letter praising Whitten as a man and a teacher. He exhibited in London but principally in Eastbourne, where he had a show at the Towner Art Gallery. In later years he experimented with Pottery and Ceramic sculpture.

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