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Clarence Coles Phillips (October 3, 1880 – June 13, 1927) was an American artist and illustrator who signed his early works C. Coles Phillips, but after 1911 worked under the abbreviated name, Coles Phillips.
Coles Phillips. 1880–1927. Working between WWI and the late Twenties, Coles Phillips was the first to introduce Art Deco styles into advertising design. He illustrated magazine covers for the Saturday Evening Post with very modern and seductively designed women.
In late 1907, Phillips met a nurse named Teresa Hyde. Phillips often used Hyde as his model and in early 1910, the two were married. They had four children. From the time he was eight, Phillips raised pigeons. He was diagnosed with tuberculosis of the kidney in 1924. He turned to writing in 1927 due to problems with his eyesight.
Apr 19, 2013 · “My name is Coles Phillips,” he said, “and I’ve dropped in with a rather important bit of news. I’m going to work for you.” Although this announcement resulted in “no marked enthusiasm on the part of his host,” his wife wrote, the sketches did impress the agency.
Nov 13, 2023 · Until then, Phillips had been in the USA, entrenched in the WNBA as a player, then a coach. The move back to Australia was a change not just for her, but for wife Tracy.
Biography. Clarence Coles Phillips, better known as Coles Phillips, drew his way through a childhood devoid of formal art education. Phillips was unproductive when he worked as a clerk at the American Radiator Company and sketched on the job.
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Coles Phillips embodies innovative American periodical and advertising design between 1911 and 1927, a period considered a Golden Age of illustration. In 1907 he became a staff artist at Life Magazine, and the following year created his first "fadeaway girl" design in which the color of the figure's clothing and background are the same.
