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Syracuse University

The Courier

1991

Philip Evergood

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Philip Evergood And Ideologism In The 1930s, Kendall Taylor Apr 1991

Philip Evergood And Ideologism In The 1930s, Kendall Taylor

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Though not in the mainstream of American art, Philip Evergood (1901-1973) was an unusually talented artist. Labeled expressionistic, surrealistic, and even gothic, he was really an aesthetic lone wolf with a restless, quizzical glance, a slightly halting but resonant voice (distinguished by a trace of Etonian accent), and a somewhat suspicious manner that quickly dissolved into a sparkling and mischievous smile (fig. 1). Timidity was a characteristic foreign to his exuberant nature. He was proud to think he bore a strong resemblance to his paternal grandfather, one of Australia's most successful businessmen, who had evidenced "a great warmth and loving …


Courier, Volume Xxvi, Number 1, Spring 1991, Syracuse University Library Associates Apr 1991

Courier, Volume Xxvi, Number 1, Spring 1991, Syracuse University Library Associates

The Courier

Describing the Flora of the United States: Botanies at Libraries in Syracuse / Dudley J. Raynal, p. 3 -- Gabriel Naude and the Ideal Library / Antje Bultmann Lemke, p. 27 -- Philip Evergood and Ideologism in the 1930s / Kendall Taylor, p. 45 -- Artists' Papers in the George Arents Research Library: Sources for the Study of Twentieth-Century American Art / Mark F. Weimer and Donna Capelle Cook, p. 65 -- The Punctator's World: A Discursion (Part Six) / Gwen G. Robinson, p. 83 -- News of the Syracuse University Library and the Library Associates, p. 141.