Philip Moss (b.1961)
A Pregnant Girl
Oil on canvas, 71 x 91.5cm (28 x 36")
Signed and Inscribed with title verso

This work, which features the artists wife pregnant with their son...

Philip Moss (b.1961)
A Pregnant Girl
Oil on canvas, 71 x 91.5cm (28 x 36")
Signed and Inscribed with title verso

This work, which features the artists wife pregnant with their son Patrick, very much shows the influence of the artist Lucian Freud on his work. Philip was first introduced to Freud's work in about 1984 by his tutor in NCAD, the artist Carey Clarke; and to this day Freud has had more influence on the artist than any other painter.

After NCAD, Philip got a scholarship to Bezalel School of Art in Jerusalem. It was here that he met and befriended another artist, Anthony Auerbach, and a few years later he got his dream job through him, working in London for James Kirkham, Lucien Freud's agent. Philip says "I learnt more about painting in two years working for James Kirkman than I did during my whole time at Art College and that was because I was able to get so close to Freud's art".

The award-winning artist now lives and works in Co. Donegal. He had an exhibition with The Taylor Galleries, Dublin last year, his work is rarely seen at auction.

 

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