Ben Uri Research Unit

for the study and digital recording of the Jewish, Refugee and wide Immigrant contribution to British visual culture since 1900.


Phyllis Gorlick-King artist

Phyllis Gorlick-King was born into a Jewish family in Syracuse, New York in 1939 and now lives in London. Her paintings – she favours oil on linen – have been included in group shows including 'People and Structure' at the South London Art Gallery in 1977 and the 1988 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. She also creates lithographs.

Born: 1939 Syracuse, New York, USA


Biography

Artist, art dealer and antiques expert Phyllis Gorlick-King was born into a Jewish family in Syracuse, New York in 1939 and now lives in London. Her paintings – she favours oil on linen – have been included in group shows including People and Structure at the South London Art Gallery in 1977 and the 1988 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. She also creates lithographs.

Related books

  • Julia Weiner and Walter M Schwab, Jewish Artists: The Ben Uri Collection: Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture: a Catalogue of Works by Jewish Artists and of Jewish Interest in the Possession of the Ben Uri Art Society, London (London: Ben Uri Art Society, 1994, 1987), p. 48

Public collections

Selected exhibitions

  • Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts (1988)
  • People and Structure: John Benjamin, Nicholas Eastwood, John Wright, Anthony Shepherd, Phyllis Gorlick King, Bill Brennan, South London Art Gallery (1977)