199 Bert G. Phillips -The Song of the Flute

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The Song of the Flute
Artist: Bert G. Phillips
Date of Birth: 1868-1956
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 20 x 24 inches
Signed: Signed lower right
Verso: Signed and titled verso
Frame/Outer Dim: 27 x 31
The Song of the Flute finds Taos Founder Bert Phillips in a pastoral mood. Taos was the equivalent of the mythical Greek land of Arcadia to Phillips; the native flutes were his pipes of Pan. Even the drapery on the figures–the flowing over-the-shoulder yellow dress on the woman and the billowing white robe on the man echo classical statuary. The sound of water in counterpoint with the music of the flute binds these people in this moment, with their surroundings. Look, for instance, at the way the woman listens and imagine how her hand feels against the cool earthenware water jar.