Philip Campbell Curtis

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Considered the dean of Arizona artists, Mr. Curtis’s quiet, surreal desert scenes earned him a reputation as one of America’s most unique, thought-provoking painters. Writers sometimes labeled him a "Magical Realist," or the "Magritte of the Old West."

During the Depression, Curtis was a supervisor for the Federal Art Project, a part of the WPA.  He was sent to Phoenix in 1937 to create what is now the Phoenix Art Museum.  In 1947, he came back to Phoenix to paint full time, setting up his studio in a converted stable.

Works:

Gentleman by Philip Campbell Curtis

Girl in Forest by Philip Campbell Curtis

The Forest II by Philip Campbell Curtis

The Musicians by Philip Campbell Curtis

The Table by Philip Campbell Curtis

The Treadmill by Philip Campbell Curtis

Untitled by Philip Campbell Curtis

Untitled (Portrait of a Girl) by Philip Campbell Curtis