Robert Phillipp (1895–1981, New York, NY) was a painter known for his portraits. After developing his impressionistic style at the Art Students League and National Academy of Design, Phillipp’s paintings were included in the Venice Biennale and Whitney Biennial. In 1940, he was commissioned by Louis B. Mayer to paint glamor portraits of MGM movie stars alongside the likes of Thomas Hart Benton and Raphael Soyer. Until her death in 1971, Phillipp’s wife, the model and artist Rochelle Post, was his muse. Phillipp’s works are in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, and Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC.