Glyn philpot biography of mahatma
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Glyn philpot biography of mahatma
Glyn Philpot
British artist (–)
Glyn Warren PhilpotRA (5 October &#;&#; 16 December ) was a British painter and sculptor, best known for his portraits of contemporary figures such as Siegfried Sassoon and Vladimir Rosing.
Early life
Philpot was born in Clapham, London, but the family moved to Herne in Kent shortly afterwards. Philpot grew up to be both a gay man,[1] and a practising Christian who converted to Roman Catholicism.[2]
Philpot studied at the Lambeth School of Art (now known as City and Guilds of London Art School) in where he was taught by Philip Connard, and at the Académie Julian in Paris.[3]
Career
Philpot first exhibited at the Royal Academy in and was elected to that establishment in He was a member of the International Society from and in that year he was awarded the gold medal at the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh.[4]
He enjoyed a "comfortable income" from portraiture.
He was reported as doing ten or