Lot 506: Philip Hagreen (British, 1890-1988) Portrait of a

Philip Hagreen (British, 1890-1988) Portrait of a Priest signed lower right "Philip Hagreen 1919" oil on canvas 68 x 56cm In 1919 Hagreen was living in Shower Row, Shaftesbury, Dorset. He came to Ditchling in 1922 to work with Eric Gill in the Ditchling community of artists. He initially trained under Norman Garstin and Harold and Laura Knight in Cornwall and is perhaps more well known as one of the founders of the Society of Woodengravers.