Korea
US Army
Bronze Star Medal
Native American Artist
The Poet of Western Art
Chickasaw Nation Hall of Fame, 1998
Master Heritage Award, Five Civilized Tribes Museum
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Obituary, The Oklahoman, Oct 16, 2005, pg27:
Native American artist, Thomas Embert Phillips, passed away Tuesday, Oct 11, 2005 in Norman OK. Tom was born in Chickasha OK, Apr 7, 1927 and graduated from Central High School in 1945. He joined the Merchant Marines and served with the 45th Infantry as an artist in Korea. As a member of the Chickasaw Nation, Tom was considered to be the poet of Western artists and a champion of preserving Native American history.
Tom's father recognized his interest in drawing and by the age of nine, he went to the Helen Lorenze Art School in Oklahoma City. At 13 he studied at Phillips University in Enid OK. He worked at many advertising agencies from Oklahoma City to New York City. Later his studies took gim to the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center and the Kansas City Art Institute.
While living in Colorado Springs, he helped his father and brother build a family cabin near Woodland Park CO. Many happy times were spent at the family cabin with his children and relatives.
As illustrator for the American Hereford Association in Kansas City, many of his paintings, drawings and sketches were on the cover and interior of national magazines. A books, "The Sketches of Tom Phillips," was published in 1971 and featured drawings and sketches from Hereford ranches across the country. In 1991 Tom was authorized to paint a scene from the Academy Award winning movie, "Dancing with the Wolves" and it hangs in the South Dakota Hall of Fame.
He was inducted into the Chickasaw Hall of Fame in 1998 and was commissioned to design a postage stamp for Mexico. Most recently Tom was awarded "The Master Heritage Award" by the Five Civilized Tribes Museum in Muskogee OK.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Ross and Bess Phillips. He is survived by his brother, Wendall R Phillips and his wife Wanda; his four children, Kathryn Marie, Thomas Richard, Steven Ross, Donald Grayson and his wife Marciella Kay; his former wife, Marie Havens; nieces, Diana Fortune and Peggy Flinton; and nephew, Davis Phillips.
A private memorial services will be held at The Chapel of Veterans Home in Norman OK on Friday, Oct 21, 2005 at 2pm. Family, friends and close associates are invited.
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US Army
Bronze Star Medal
Native American Artist
The Poet of Western Art
Chickasaw Nation Hall of Fame, 1998
Master Heritage Award, Five Civilized Tribes Museum
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Obituary, The Oklahoman, Oct 16, 2005, pg27:
Native American artist, Thomas Embert Phillips, passed away Tuesday, Oct 11, 2005 in Norman OK. Tom was born in Chickasha OK, Apr 7, 1927 and graduated from Central High School in 1945. He joined the Merchant Marines and served with the 45th Infantry as an artist in Korea. As a member of the Chickasaw Nation, Tom was considered to be the poet of Western artists and a champion of preserving Native American history.
Tom's father recognized his interest in drawing and by the age of nine, he went to the Helen Lorenze Art School in Oklahoma City. At 13 he studied at Phillips University in Enid OK. He worked at many advertising agencies from Oklahoma City to New York City. Later his studies took gim to the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center and the Kansas City Art Institute.
While living in Colorado Springs, he helped his father and brother build a family cabin near Woodland Park CO. Many happy times were spent at the family cabin with his children and relatives.
As illustrator for the American Hereford Association in Kansas City, many of his paintings, drawings and sketches were on the cover and interior of national magazines. A books, "The Sketches of Tom Phillips," was published in 1971 and featured drawings and sketches from Hereford ranches across the country. In 1991 Tom was authorized to paint a scene from the Academy Award winning movie, "Dancing with the Wolves" and it hangs in the South Dakota Hall of Fame.
He was inducted into the Chickasaw Hall of Fame in 1998 and was commissioned to design a postage stamp for Mexico. Most recently Tom was awarded "The Master Heritage Award" by the Five Civilized Tribes Museum in Muskogee OK.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Ross and Bess Phillips. He is survived by his brother, Wendall R Phillips and his wife Wanda; his four children, Kathryn Marie, Thomas Richard, Steven Ross, Donald Grayson and his wife Marciella Kay; his former wife, Marie Havens; nieces, Diana Fortune and Peggy Flinton; and nephew, Davis Phillips.
A private memorial services will be held at The Chapel of Veterans Home in Norman OK on Friday, Oct 21, 2005 at 2pm. Family, friends and close associates are invited.
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Korea
US Army
Bronze Star Medal
Native American Artist
The Poet of Western Art
Chickasaw Nation Hall of Fame, 1998
Master Heritage Award, Five Civilized Tribes Museum
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Obituary, The Oklahoman, Oct 16, 2005, pg27:
Native American artist, Thomas Embert Phillips, passed away Tuesday, Oct 11, 2005 in Norman OK. Tom was born in Chickasha OK, Apr 7, 1927 and graduated from Central High School in 1945. He joined the Merchant Marines and served with the 45th Infantry as an artist in Korea. As a member of the Chickasaw Nation, Tom was considered to be the poet of Western artists and a champion of preserving Native American history.
Tom's father recognized his interest in drawing and by the age of nine, he went to the Helen Lorenze Art School in Oklahoma City. At 13 he studied at Phillips University in Enid OK. He worked at many advertising agencies from Oklahoma City to New York City. Later his studies took gim to the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center and the Kansas City Art Institute.
While living in Colorado Springs, he helped his father and brother build a family cabin near Woodland Park CO. Many happy times were spent at the family cabin with his children and relatives.
As illustrator for the American Hereford Association in Kansas City, many of his paintings, drawings and sketches were on the cover and interior of national magazines. A books, "The Sketches of Tom Phillips," was published in 1971 and featured drawings and sketches from Hereford ranches across the country. In 1991 Tom was authorized to paint a scene from the Academy Award winning movie, "Dancing with the Wolves" and it hangs in the South Dakota Hall of Fame.
He was inducted into the Chickasaw Hall of Fame in 1998 and was commissioned to design a postage stamp for Mexico. Most recently Tom was awarded "The Master Heritage Award" by the Five Civilized Tribes Museum in Muskogee OK.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Ross and Bess Phillips. He is survived by his brother, Wendall R Phillips and his wife Wanda; his four children, Kathryn Marie, Thomas Richard, Steven Ross, Donald Grayson and his wife Marciella Kay; his former wife, Marie Havens; nieces, Diana Fortune and Peggy Flinton; and nephew, Davis Phillips.
A private memorial services will be held at The Chapel of Veterans Home in Norman OK on Friday, Oct 21, 2005 at 2pm. Family, friends and close associates are invited.
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US Army
Bronze Star Medal
Native American Artist
The Poet of Western Art
Chickasaw Nation Hall of Fame, 1998
Master Heritage Award, Five Civilized Tribes Museum
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Obituary, The Oklahoman, Oct 16, 2005, pg27:
Native American artist, Thomas Embert Phillips, passed away Tuesday, Oct 11, 2005 in Norman OK. Tom was born in Chickasha OK, Apr 7, 1927 and graduated from Central High School in 1945. He joined the Merchant Marines and served with the 45th Infantry as an artist in Korea. As a member of the Chickasaw Nation, Tom was considered to be the poet of Western artists and a champion of preserving Native American history.
Tom's father recognized his interest in drawing and by the age of nine, he went to the Helen Lorenze Art School in Oklahoma City. At 13 he studied at Phillips University in Enid OK. He worked at many advertising agencies from Oklahoma City to New York City. Later his studies took gim to the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center and the Kansas City Art Institute.
While living in Colorado Springs, he helped his father and brother build a family cabin near Woodland Park CO. Many happy times were spent at the family cabin with his children and relatives.
As illustrator for the American Hereford Association in Kansas City, many of his paintings, drawings and sketches were on the cover and interior of national magazines. A books, "The Sketches of Tom Phillips," was published in 1971 and featured drawings and sketches from Hereford ranches across the country. In 1991 Tom was authorized to paint a scene from the Academy Award winning movie, "Dancing with the Wolves" and it hangs in the South Dakota Hall of Fame.
He was inducted into the Chickasaw Hall of Fame in 1998 and was commissioned to design a postage stamp for Mexico. Most recently Tom was awarded "The Master Heritage Award" by the Five Civilized Tribes Museum in Muskogee OK.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Ross and Bess Phillips. He is survived by his brother, Wendall R Phillips and his wife Wanda; his four children, Kathryn Marie, Thomas Richard, Steven Ross, Donald Grayson and his wife Marciella Kay; his former wife, Marie Havens; nieces, Diana Fortune and Peggy Flinton; and nephew, Davis Phillips.
A private memorial services will be held at The Chapel of Veterans Home in Norman OK on Friday, Oct 21, 2005 at 2pm. Family, friends and close associates are invited.
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