Philip Guston (1913–1980) was an American painter who was born in Canada, grew up in sunny California, and eventually settled in New York. Guston was originally known as an abstract expressionist painter, however in the 1970’s he completely abandoned abstraction and embraced his own unique style of representational painting. He began painting cartoonish figures with limited color palettes, mostly featuring reds and pinks on a light background.

Paintings by Philip Guston in Chronological Order:

Drawing for Conspirators, 1930	Bombardment, 1937	Gladiators, 1940
Martial Memory, 1941	The Young Mother, 1944	If This Be Not I, 1945
Porch II, 1947	The Porch, 1947	The Tormentors, 1948
Untitled, 1950	Red Painting, 1950	To B.W.T., 1952
Painting No. 9, 1952	Drawing Related to Zone (Drawing No. 19), 1954	Zone, 1953-1954
Untitled, 1958	To Fellini, 1958	Last Piece, 1958
Celebration, 1961	Close Up III, 1961	Untitled, 1966
Untitled, 1967	Untitled, 1968	Untitled (Book), 1968
Shoes, 1968	City Limits, 1969	The Studio, 1969
Brushes, 1969	Daydreams, 1970	Figure in Interior, 1970
The Room, 1970	Roma, 1971	Untitled (Wall), 1971
Painting, Smoking, Eating, 1972	Cerveteri, 1972	Untitled, c.1969-c.1973
Untitled (Cup), c.1969-c.1973	Painter in Bed, 1973	Pantheon, 1973
Deluge II, 1975	Head and Bottle, 1975	Transition
Web, 1975	Ancient Wall, 1976	Blue Water, 1976
Hovering, 1976	The Pit, 1976	Back View, 1977
Couple in bed, 1977	Inside – Outside, 1977	The Street, 1977
As It Goes, 1978	Painter’s Forms No. 2, 1978	Untitled, 1980
Untitled, 1980	A Critical Study	Badhabits
Box Tree, Rome	Clock	Curtain
Days Work	Entrance	Green Rug
Head	Inscapes. Words and Images	Line
Moon	Outskirts	Room
Sleeping	Talking	Two fat feet
Untitled