Phil Hale Gold Silver & Bronze the scion of two of

the scion of two of New York’s wealthiest families

A proponent both as a critic and painter of the American realist school he must have enjoyed the irony of winning second prize to Picasso’s first at the Carnegie Institute’s International Exhibition of Modern Painting in 1930

I hadn’t realised before researching this painting of Capri that the island was known as such a bohemian colony of artists and writers

if there is such a thing

Dated 1882

Phil Hale Gold Silver & Bronze the scion of two of"I first saw Phils work in the early 1990s, while on a trip to New York. His paintings were visceral, terrifying and beautiful. I wrote to him. He invited me to his studio in Spitalfields, London. To actually see his work and to ask him about his practice was like a light being switched on. I was still working in comics but felt drawn to expand into portraiture. I wanted work with more longevity and gravity and Phil was exactly the right person at the