Philip le Bas (b. 1925 d. 2015) was born in Bordeaux. His family were wine growers and his cousin, Sir Edward le Bas was an eminent English Impressionist painter. Following his service in the RAF during the war, Philip studied painting at the Regent Street Polytechnic (1948 – 1951) and at Brighton College of Art (1951 -1952). He married in 1956 and began teaching art in schools and colleges to support his family. As he was Roman Catholic, Philip was commissioned to paint the Stations of the Cross in the church of Our Lady of the Visitation in Greenford, Middlesex. When Philip began to paint professionally, he gravitated towards subjects that glowed with shiny reflections. Philip’s themes and interests varied over the years. Initially his subject matter was architectural, then a series of West End theatres, followed by London’s ‘blue plaque’ houses with the original occupants in situ. More recently, he painted railway stations with a strongly nostalgic feel for the days of steam, including a work of the Orient Express dining car peopled by Hollywood stars of the period. He also painted pictures of cakes, sweets and chocolates.