she exhibited at major New York galleries such as the Arthur Newton Gallery
Philis worked as a sculptor and an instructor in NYC
Early 19th Century English Regency walnut tub chair
Condition: Some yellowing to the surface and very light surface marks
Provenance: Purchased from the artist's estate liquidation auction in the mid 1990's at Butterfield's & Butterfield's Auction (now part of Bonham's)
AW445: Richard Brydges Beechey - Rough Seas - Oil on Canvas AW4 Gouache Paintings she exhibited at major NewTITLE: Rough Seas FRAME: COMMENTS: Mid 19th Century Oil on Canvas Richard Brydges (Admiral) Beechey (British American, 1808 1895), Rough Seas, oil on canvas, unsigned, artist's name plaque lower center, Christie's label affixed verso, canvas: 14. 25"h x 19"w, overall (with frame): 20. 5"h x 25"W Like his contemporaries George Mounsey Atkinson and Edwin Hayes RHA (1820 1904), and the later William Coulter, Richard Brydges Beechey was a marine painter