GENTLEMAN

Gentleman studied art and painting at the Royal College of Art under Edward Bawden and John Nash. He has worked in watercolour, lithography and wood engraving, at scales ranging from platform-length murals for Charing Cross Underground Station in London to postage stamps and logos.Having achieved success as a businessman Philips returned to his childhood hobby of stamp collecting in his fifties. He then set about assembling the most complete collection of Victorian stamps and meticulously cataloguing it. After donating his British Queen Victoria collection to the nation, he collected other areas such as King George V Seahorses. Phillips also instituted the Phillips Gold Medal for postage stamp design which has been awarded since 1969.David Gentleman won the Phillips Medal the first year it was awarded and also in 1979.