Philip Clairmont

While Philip Clairmont’s paintings are often excoriating acts of self-scrutiny, they are also highly refined explorations of the Expressionist tradition as embodied by Franz Marc and, later, Francis Bacon. Like many of Clairmont’s canvases, this work conflates the genres of still life and self-portraiture, taking us into a nightmarish reality which is, at once, the artist’s tortured psyche and the chaotic interior of his studio.

Clairmont Self Portrait

Self Portrait - c1969

Clairmont Kidney Table 1979 1

Kidney Table - 1979

clairmont black crucifixion

Black Crucifixion - 1981

Other pieces by Philip Clairmont

  • Nude - 1979
    Linocut 9/30, 190 x 170mm
  • Magic Mirror - 1980
    Hand Coloured wood block print. Artist proof, 1645 x 1400mm
  • Still Life - 1982
    Watercolour, crayon, oil on paper, 1185 x 780mm
  • Large Still Life with Objects - 1982
    Linocut 3/15, 1010 x 770mm
Artists Years
Guy Ngan
Hariata Ropata-Tangahoe
Wilhelmus (Helm) Christiaan Ruifork
Gavin Chilcott

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