author
Evelyn March Phillipps
d. 1915
Known for writing about Italian art and gardens, this early 20th-century author brought painters, places, and literary figures to life with a clear, thoughtful style. Her books include studies of Pintoricchio and the Venetian school, as well as a biography of the novelist Lanoe Falconer.
2 Audiobooks
The Venetian School of Painting
by Evelyn March Phillipps
Pintoricchio
by Evelyn March Phillipps
About the author
Writing in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Evelyn March Phillipps is remembered for accessible books on art, architecture, and garden history. Her work often focused on Italy, and she had a gift for making visual subjects feel vivid to general readers.
Among her best-known books are The Gardens of Italy, Pintoricchio, and The Venetian School of Painting. She also wrote Lanoe Falconer, a biography of the novelist Mary Elizabeth Hawker, published in 1915.
Reference sources consistently identify her as having died in 1915. Although biographical details about her life are not widely preserved online, her surviving books show a writer deeply interested in beauty, place, and the stories behind works of art.