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PHIL RICHARDS "MONUMENT' 1969
PHIL RICHARDS "MONUMENT' 1969
PHIL RICHARDS "MONUMENT' 1969
PHIL RICHARDS "MONUMENT' 1969
PHIL RICHARDS "MONUMENT' 1969
PHIL RICHARDS "MONUMENT' 1969

PHIL RICHARDS "MONUMENT' 1969

$4,600.00

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Description:

  • Dated 1969
  • Acrylic on board
  • Signed upper right & titled and signed on back paper
  • Painting: 27.5 x 29 inches
  • Framed: 28.25 x 30 inches
  • Provenance: Direct from the artist to private collector; by descent to current owner
  • Condition: Excellent

The Artist: Phil Richards (Canadian, 1951-) 

PHIL RICHARDS was born in Toronto in 1951 and studied at the Ontario College of Art, graduating in 1973.
 
Richards is one of Canada's most important portrait painters with commissions that include the official portrait of Prime Minister Stephen Harper (2026) and Diamond Jubilee Portrait of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II for the Government of Canada (2012), as well as the official portrait of many government leaders, including provincial Premiers, Speakers and Lieutenant Governors. He has also been commissioned to paint portraits of numerous leaders in education (Presidents, Chancellors, Chairpersons and Principals) at universities such as Acadia, Dalhousie, Mount Allison, Toronto and Western Ontario in addition to various leaders in business, including the CEOs and Presidents of Caldwell Group, London Life and Scotiabank. Other commissioned projects include large-scale murals for Cinedom Media Complex, Cologne, Germany; Cineplex, Toronto; Congress Centre, Ottawa and Eaton Centre, Toronto.
 
Richards' work can be found in numerous private, public and corporate collections in North America and Europe, including Art Gallery of Guelph, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Art Gallery of Ontario, Confederation Centre for the Arts, PEI; Glenbow Museum, Calgary; Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie; National Capital Commission, Ottawa; Robert McLaughlin Art Gallery, Oshawa; Credit Suisse, Citibank, Four Seasons, Scotiabank, TD Bank Group and Warner Bros.
 
Phil Richards lives and works in Toronto, Ontario.
 
He has been represented exclusively by Mira Godard Gallery for almost 40 years.

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