21 Facts About Philip Mould

Philip Mould has made a number of major art discoveries, including works of Thomas Gainsborough, Anthony Van Dyck and Thomas Lawrence.

Philip Mould was born in Wirral, Cheshire and educated at Kingsmead School, Hoylake, at Worth School and at the University of East Anglia, from which he graduated with a BA in History of Art in 1981.

Philip Mould's father owned a printing factory in Liverpool and his family was based in the Wirral Peninsula.

Philip Mould made friends with the owner of a local antiques shop, who taught him to read hallmarks on silver when he was just 11 or 12 years old, and by the age of 14 he was dealing in antique silver.

Philip Mould began art dealing in his early teens and has since established an art dealership specialising in British art, a subject on which he is internationally consulted.

Philip Mould has sold works to public institutions such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Portrait Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Tate, The Huntington Library, and the Royal Albert Memorial Museum.

Philip Mould has worked as a valuer for the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Government's Acceptance in Lieu scheme.

Philip Mould is president of the charity Kids in Museums, president and ex-chairman of Plantlife International, a patron of Fight for Sight and Action for ME.

Philip Mould was elected as a fellow of the Linnean Society in 2012.

Philip Mould is a trustee of Benton End, the former home of artist Cedric Morris and Arthur Lett-Haines, who ran the East Anglian School of Painting and Drawing in the house.

Philip Mould is a regular broadcaster, reviewer and writer for the national press.

Philip Mould has authored two critically acclaimed books on art discovery.

In 2023, Philip Mould received a Honorary Doctorate of Arts from Plymouth University.

Philip Mould has made a number of major art discoveries, including some of Thomas Gainsborough's earliest known works, the only known portrait of Arthur, Prince of Wales and lost works by Anthony van Dyck and Thomas Lawrence.

In January 2021, Philip Mould found a miniature portrait of French king Henri III by Jean Decourt.

Philip Mould described some of the basic concepts for art discoveries, in an article published in The Guardian:.

Philip Mould and his wife, Catherine, have a son born in 1997.

In October 2015, Philip Mould appeared on BBC's Gardeners' World, in the garden of his home, discussing his passion for nature and talked of his interest in varieties of rose which would have been grown in the time of Sir Anthony van Dyck.

Philip Mould discussed the work of one of his favourite artists, Cedric Morris, who was a great plantsman.

Philip Mould is a keen collector of Morris's work, and champions modern British artists in general; he cites the Bloomsbury Group amongst his favourites.

Philip Mould is president of the wild plant conservation charity Plantlife.