About Heritage Auctions - Art: Texas Art

As the Director of the Texas Art department, Atlee Marie Phillips has overseen bi-annual record-breaking Texas art auctions since joining Heritage Auctions in 2008.  She has spearheaded several important corporate and private collections that have come to auction, including the Estate of Dr. Edmund Pillsbury, the Estate of Kelly Fearing, and The Belo Collection.  In addition, Atlee works as a Consignment Director across all categories throughout her native Fort Worth.  She has also written articles, participated in panel discussions, lectured, and given radio and television interviews regarding Texas art and the auction market.

Atlee grew up in the art business, working with her parents, J. O. "Dutch" Phillips and Mary Frances Phillips, at their galleries in Fort Worth and Dallas. She studied art history at The Colorado College and later attended the graduate program at Tulane University in order to study Aztec and Colonial Mexican art.  She has completed extended internships at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.  She continually strives to raise the public awareness of Texas art, promote Texas artists, and assist Texas art enthusiasts in building wonderful collections.