Bert Geer Phillips and the Taos Art Colony

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Summary: Not the whole Bert Geer Phillips story.
Review: Bert Geer Phillips is my great grandfather. I anticipated and waited for this book to be published for a very long time. I know that Phillips estranged son and his wife financed this particular piece of work. My only memory of Ralph in Taos was at my Grandmothers funeral when he came to inventory the paintings that were being left to my father. This book is a very limited and rather clinical look at an extraordinary artist. The book reads more as a tribute to Bert Phillips son Ralph. Ralph was not an artist nor did he spend any of his adult years in Taos. When Mr. Phillips visited San Diego (his sons home) he stayed in a hotel near Balboa Park. His paintings hang in Anthonys Seafood Restaurant a favorite of Mr. Phillips. This book contains very little personal insight nor in depth historical facts of Phillips life. Often is reads more like a technical locator for the existing Phillips works. Mention of Phillips daughter Margo and her Son are nowhere to be found. These were the individuals who truly knew Bert Geer Phillips. Better books are available. None of the other books pertaining to Phillips were comissioned by members of his family.