Signed lower right
Oil on Board
Image Size: 61 x 50cm
Frame Size: 78 x 67cm
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Born in England in 1906, Ernest Philpot arrived in Western Australia as a child. He trained and worked as a signwriter, and exhibited his drawings and paintings with the West Australian Society of Arts in 1936. After a year's study at the National Gallery School in Melbourne in 1937, he enlisted with the Australian Survey Corps during World War II. Philpot later taught at high school and in 1961 became art critic for the "Sunday Times" newspaper. He died in 1985. Philpot's work is represented in the Art Gallery of Western Australia and in the Bunbury regional collection.