Ammi Phillips Born in Colebrook, Connecticut, his earliest portraits dates from 1811. But it was not until 1958 that researchers matched his work with that of what had been called the Kent-Border Limner. He was self-taught, although it is thought he was influenced by the painting of Reuben Moulthrop. Phillips worked in New York and Connecticut on the Border Country, hence his name Border Limner. He married in 1813 and lived in Troy, New York. After his wife died, and he remarried, he lived in Poughkeepsie, Amenia, and Northeast in Duchess County. His style is primitive, and he did numerous full-length portraits, often in light, pearly hues.

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