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Tom Phillips

British artist (1937-2022)
Person human Q7817232

Facts

27 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[21]
Date of birth
May 24, 1937, 1937, March 25, 1937[2][10][11]
Date of death
November 28, 2022
Place of birth
Clapham, London[1][9]
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[12]
Occupation
painter, illustrator, photographer, exhibition curator, collagist, artist[4][5][6][7][8][13]
Employer
Harvard University[15]
Position held
Booker Prize judge[14]
Educated at
St Catherine's College, Camberwell College of Arts, Blackheath High School[16][17][18]
Award received
Commander of the Order of the British Empire[19]
Official website
www.tomphillips.co.uk[24]
Work location
London
Languages spoken, written or signed
English
Artist files at
Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library, National Gallery of Art Library
Copyright representative
reproduction right represented by CISAC-member
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights
Described by source
UbuWeb
Family name
Phillips[22]
Floruit
1960
Given name
Tom[23]
Has works in the collection
Auckland Art Gallery, Tate, Museum of Modern Art, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Hungarian National Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, National Gallery of Modern Art, Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, National Portrait Gallery, National Galleries Scotland, ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Print Collection, Walker Art Gallery, Groninger Museum
Member of
Royal Academy of Arts[20]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject New York Public Library
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P14750
5D9B-146A-0C03-DFB3-9B91
P14883
789
Social media followers
+23869
🏷️ Also known as
en Tom Phillips en Trevor Thomas Phillips zh 湯姆·菲利普斯
🔖 Identifiers · 97
ISNI
0000000109203996
VIAF cluster ID
84437695
Library of Congress authority ID
n50011114
GND ID
11880331X
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Tom Phillips.jpg ↗
AAGM person or institution ID
2566
ADAGP artist ID
tom-phillips-39680
AbART person ID
30947
Apple Music artist ID
4569843
Art UK artist ID
phillips-tom-b-1937, phillips-tom-19372022
Artist-info artist ID
26918
Artnet artist ID
tom-phillips-2
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Artsy artist ID
tom-phillips
AskArt person ID
11143304
Auckland Art Gallery artist ID
309
BAnQ authority ID
0000425578
BBC Things ID
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BIBSYS ID
90935718
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
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Benezit ID
B00140820
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
133312266
Boijmans artist ID
14318
CONOR.SI ID
296651619
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf12080495
Christie's creator ID
39273
CiNii Research ID
1140845216551218816
DACS ID (2022)
001738
DACS ID (former)
55234ca0-e18b-4152-8737-eb7c895b424b
DDB person (GND) ID
11880331X
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
11880331X
Discogs artist ID
572072
ELMCIP ID
677
ELNET ID
a12023504
FAST ID
3294
Flemish Public Libraries ID
000042489
Freebase ID
/m/03lslf
Grove Art Online ID
T067081
Harper's tag
tom-phillips
IMDb ID
nm0680848
IPI base code
I-001907474-7
IdRef ID
027986012
Invaluable.com person ID
vdyboff664
IxTheo authority ID
079578101
KBR person ID
14646714
Kinobox person ID
1006512
LRB contributor ID
tom-phillips
LastDodo-area-ID
5654489
Media Library for Dance and Theatre person ID
2184
Minneapolis Institute of Art constituent ID
13141
Museum of Modern Art artist ID
4603
MusicBrainz artist ID
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Musicalics composer ID
81264
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000262713
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA08354641
NDL Authority ID
001326324
NE.se ID
tom-phillips
NL CR AUT ID
jx20081202009
NLA Trove people ID
811730
NUKAT ID
n97014188
National Gallery of Victoria artist ID
24847
National Library of Brazil ID
000321230
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007442718305171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC2018O8892
National Library of Latvia ID
000010124
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:V*304591;=BI
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810542241405606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX908729
National Library of Wales Authority ID
phillips-tom-1937
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
mp06007
National Virtual Library of India ID
479052
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
070946566
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100323269
Philadelphia Museum of Art entity ID
49852
PictoRight ID code
DA-00127
RA Collections ID
5839
RERO ID (legacy)
A003690984
RILM ID
130261
RKDartists ID
63209
Rijksmuseum Research Library authority ID
89942
Royal Academy ID
tom-phillips-ra
SBN author ID
MILV179354
SHARE Catalogue author ID
163420
SNAC ARK ID
w66d60kq
SNARC ID
Nicole Fessel
Shazam artist ID
4569843
Songkick artist ID
548587
Spotify artist ID
07EcJnLUiz67de20mo1IjU
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam ID
34670-tom-phillips
TMDB person ID
1189037
Tate artist ID
tom-phillips-1764
UK National Archives ID
F77250
Union List of Artist Names ID
500013179
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/143449
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJxMj8BKQBhW89kMrdwcT3
X (Twitter) username
flashboy
YCBA agent ID
902
ZKM person ID
tom-phillips

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Summary

Tom Phillips was born in Clapham[1]. He was born on May 24, 1937[2]. He died on November 28, 2022[3]. He worked as a painter[4], illustrator[5], photographer[6], exhibition curator[7], and collagist[8].

Body

Origins and Family

Recorded place of birth include Clapham[1], an area of London[25], in United Kingdom[26] and London[9], a metropolis[27], in Roman Empire[28], founded in 0047[29].

Education

Educated at St Catherine's College[16], a college of the University of Oxford[30], in United Kingdom[31], founded in 1962[32], headquartered in Oxford[33]; Camberwell College of Arts[17], an art academy[34], in United Kingdom[35], founded in 1898[36]; and Blackheath High School[18], a secondary school[37], in United Kingdom[38], founded in 1880[39].

FAQs

Where was Tom Phillips born?

Tom Phillips's place of birth was Clapham[1].

What did Tom Phillips do for work?

Tom Phillips worked as painter[4], illustrator[5], photographer[6], exhibition curator[7], and collagist[8].

Where did Tom Phillips go to school?

Tom Phillips was educated at St Catherine's College[16], Camberwell College of Arts[17], and Blackheath High School[18].

What awards did Tom Phillips receive?

Honors received include Commander of the Order of the British Empire[19].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . aucklandartgallery.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [12] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . workwithdata.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [14] ↑ . thebookerprizes.com. thebookerprizes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] ↑ . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [6] ↑ . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [7] ↑ . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [8] ↑ . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . workwithdata.com. Retrieved . workwithdata.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [2] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [10] ↑ . Artnet. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [11] ↑ . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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