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 black crucifixion

Black Crucifixion - 1981

Clairmont Self Portrait

Self Portrait - c1969

Clairmont Kidney Table 1979 1

Kidney Table - 1979

Other pieces by Philip Clairmont

  • Still Life - 1982
    Watercolour, crayon, oil on paper, 1185 x 780mm
  • Large Still Life with Objects - 1982
    Linocut 3/15, 1010 x 770mm
  • Nude - 1979
    Linocut 9/30, 190 x 170mm
  • Magic Mirror - 1980
    Hand Coloured wood block print. Artist proof, 1645 x 1400mm
Artists Years
Pat Hanly
Tony Fomison
Bing Dawe
Don Binney

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