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Lot Essay
Together with William Gillies, John Maxwell, William MacTaggart, Anne Redpath and William Crozier, Philipson was considered one of the prominent members of the Edinburgh School, whose collective careers spanned a period in Scottish Art from the years immediately following the First World War to Philipson's death in 1992.
In all his work Philipson celebrated rich, sensuous colour, using a variety of techniques to capture subjects from figurative to semi-abstracts.
The present work is one of a series inspired by the grandeur of the interior of churches and cathedrals. A closely related composition, Cathedral Interior from 1971, is in the collection of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, and was bequeathed by Iain and Kitty Angus in 1997.
In all his work Philipson celebrated rich, sensuous colour, using a variety of techniques to capture subjects from figurative to semi-abstracts.
The present work is one of a series inspired by the grandeur of the interior of churches and cathedrals. A closely related composition, Cathedral Interior from 1971, is in the collection of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, and was bequeathed by Iain and Kitty Angus in 1997.