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Clarence Coles Phillips (October 3, 1880 – June 13, 1927) was an American artist and illustrator who signed his early works C. Coles Phillips, but after 1911 worked under the abbreviated name, Coles Phillips.
Clarence Coles Phillips, better known as Coles Phillips, drew his way through a childhood devoid of formal art education. Phillips was unproductive when he worked as a clerk at the American Radiator Company and sketched on the job.
Learn about Coles Phillips, the first to introduce Art Deco styles into advertising design and the creator of the "Fadeaway Girl" technique. Explore his biography, covers, books, and advertising illustrations from the National Museum of American Illustration.
Whether his invention was a clever way to save on printing costs or a stylized way to portray beautiful women, Clarence Coles Phillips is best remembered for creating the “fadeaway girl.” Phillips, often referred to as Coles Phillips or C. Phillips, was born in Springfield, Ohio in 1880.
Clarence Coles Phillips (October 3, 1880 – June 13, 1927) was an American artist and illustrator who signed his early works C. Coles Phillips, but after 1911 worked under the abbreviated name, Coles Phillips.
Chief among the early architects of this "Golden Age of American Illustration" was Coles Phillips, popularizer of the "fade-away" style, and one of the first artists whose images of ladies were frequently torn out of magazines and swiped out of store windows to become pin-ups on college dormitory walls.
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.
