Portrait of Charles G L Phillips

Painting, oil portrait framed and glazed, of the artist Charles G L Phillips by Stewart Carmichael, dated 1919. Painted when Charles Phillips was 56 years old. The artist Stewart Carmichael (1867-1950) was born and educated in Dundee. A successful portrait and landscape artist, he first came to light after completing a series of decorative murals for public buildings in Dundee. He was an associate of the Celtic Revivalist and symbolist painters John Duncan (1866-1945). Carmichael was later on the College Board of Governors at Dundee Art College. Part of a collection of paintings, etchings and personal effects relating to Charles Gustav Phillips, a prolific Dundee artist. Phillips worked in a variety of media: oils, watercolour and etchings and was particularly known for his landscapes and townscapes of Dundee and the surrounding areas. His work was regularly exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy. He died in 1944 at the age of 80 and his work was bequeathed to Dundee Heritage Trust in 2002 by his son William S Phillips.