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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 artist’s 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 artist now lives and works in Co. Donegal and his output is quite small.
€ 2,000 - 4,000