Coles Phillips

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American artist and illustrator, famous for his "fade-away girl" technique (1880-1927)

United States ArtistsLived 1880 to 1927 · aged 47

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Clarence Coles Phillips was an American artist and illustrator who signed his early works C. Coles Phillips, but after 1911 worked under the abbreviated name, Coles Phillips.

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Cover art for Life Magazine, dated January 27, 1910, demonstrates Phillips's "fadeaway" technique: portions of the figure's skirt merge seamlessly with the background, yet the edge of the skirt remains easily defined by the viewer.

Cover of an issue of Good Housekeeping Magazine, February 1915, painted by Coles Phillips

Holeproof Hosiery advert, painted by Coles Phillips (1921)

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Clarence Coles Phillips was an American artist and illustrator who signed his early works C. Coles Phillips, but after 1911 worked under the abbreviated name, Coles Phillips. He is known for his stylish images of women and a signature use of negative space in the paintings he created for advertisements and the covers of popular magazines.

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