Glyn Warren Philpot

Glyn Warren Philpot studied at Lambeth School of Art and City and Guilds of London Art School. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is visual arts. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are London and Paris. Residence is recorded at Lansdowne House. Work by Glyn Warren Philpot is recorded in the collections of Tate, National Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery of Canada, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and National Galleries Scotland.

• Birthplace — Clapham, London, England • Born — 5 October 1884 • Birth Name — Glyn Warren Philpot • Style — * Painting • sculpting • Education — * Lambeth School of Art • Académie Julian • Resting Place — St Peter's Church • Died — 16 December 1937 • Place of death — London, England • Partner — Vivian Forbes (1923–1935) • Illustration — The Dog-Rose (La zarzarosa), 1910

Philpot was born on 5 October 1884 in Clapham, London, but the family moved to Herne in Kent shortly afterwards. Philpot grew up to be both a gay man, and a practising Christian who converted to Roman Catholicism. Philpot studied at the Lambeth School of Art (now known as City and Guilds of London Art School) in 1900, where he was taught by Philip Connard, and at the Académie Julian in Paris.

Philpot first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1904 and was elected to that establishment in 1923. He was a member of the International Society from 1913 and in that year he was awarded the gold medal at the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh. He enjoyed a "comfortable income" from portraiture. He was reported as doing ten or twelve commissions a year, charging between £600 and £3,000 a time. This enabled him to afford to travel to France, Italy, America and North Africa and continue to paint less commercially successful subject pictures. Following the Symbolist tradition his subject pictures reflected more personal concerns and contradictions: Philpot converted to Catholicism, yet his interest in the male nude and portraits of young men – thought to be friends, models and lovers – show his gradual acceptance and expression of his own homosexuality. Some of these later works were considered controversial because of their homosexual imagery. Two pieces in particular – Guardian of the Flame and The Great Pan (1930) were withdrawn from the Royal Academy. This led to a loss of popularity which caused him financial hardship. Exhibitions have been held at The Tate Gallery (1938), The Ashmolean Museum, The National Portrait Gallery, of which he was a founder member in 1911, and Pallant House Gallery (2022). The 2022 Pallant House Gallery exhibition included a portrait of Paul Robeson as Othello, hitherto thought lost. Philpot was a member of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers.

• Illustration — Glyn Philpot's grave Philpot was in a relationship with painter Vivian Forbes from 1923 to 1935. A loving cup held by Brighton Museum serves as a testament to their relationship. Philpot died from a stroke on 16 December 1937 in London; his funeral took place on 22 December 1937. Forbes committed suicide the following day. He is buried in a pink granite tomb in St Peter's Churchyard, Petersham, in west London.

List of works by Glyn Philpot

The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. It is also recorded that the Hon. Sketch of 'Rear Admiral Sir Reginald Y.