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Walter Joseph (W.J.) Phillips

Walter Phillips was born in Lincolnshire, England in 1884. Trained at the Birmingham School of Art, he was a successful watercolour artist in England before he and his wife, Gladys, emigrated to Winnipeg in 1913. Although watercolour remained his primary medium, the wood block print was an enduring interest which brought his work to a wider audience. Among his best-known and loved images in watercolour and woodblock print are those which depict family holidays on Lake of the Woods from the teens until 1925. In 1940, Phillips was asked to be artist in residence at the Banff School of Fine Arts. He moved to Calgary in 1941 where he taught at the provincial Institute of Technology and Art. He died in 1963 leaving a legacy of uniquely Canadian art. Walter J. Phillips is recognised today as a master of the watercolour and the woodblock print medium and his work is eagerly collected. His works are housed in galleries across Canada, including The National Gallery of Canada, The Winnipeg Art Gallery, and the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies as well as collections abroad in London, Washington D.C., New Jersey, Japan, and private collections the world over. The most extensive private collection of work by Phillips was gifted to the city of Winnipeg. Permanently housed in the Pavilion Gallery Museum in Winnipeg's Assiniboine Park, the Crabb collection is available for public viewing year round.

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  • Artist Origin

    Canadian

  • Artist Type

    Historical works of significance

  • Born

    1884

  • Died

    1963

Available Artwork

  • Walter Joseph (W.J.) Phillips

  • Moonlight, Lake of the Woods

  • Woodcut on Paper
  • 7 x 6 in
  • 1927
  • Price available on request
  • Walter Joseph (W.J.) Phillips

  • Prairie Township

  • Watercolour on Paper
  • 9.5 x 11 in
  • circa 1930
  • Price available on request
  • Walter Joseph (W.J.) Phillips

  • Swans

  • Wood Engraving on Paper
  • 3.5 x 3.7 in
  • 1932
  • Price available on request
  • Walter Joseph (W.J.) Phillips

  • Deep Cove

  • Watercolour on Paper
  • 14 x 21 in
  • 1957
  • Price available on request
  • Walter Joseph (W.J.) Phillips

  • The Source of the Bow

  • Wood Engraving on Paper
  • 6.4 x 4.1 in
  • 1936
  • Price available on request
  • Walter Joseph (W.J.) Phillips

  • Summer Idyll

  • Woodcut on Paper
  • 21.8 x 12.12 in
  • 1926
  • Price available on request
  • Walter Joseph (W.J.) Phillips

  • Bredon Village

  • Woodcut on Paper
  • 10.43 x 12.44 in
  • 1928
  • Price available on request
  • Walter Joseph (W.J.) Phillips

  • Venus and the Priest

  • Woodcut on Paper
  • 13.42 x 19.3 in
  • 1930
  • Price available on request
  • Walter Joseph (W.J.) Phillips

  • The Dock

  • Woodcut on Paper
  • 7.16 x 10.7 in
  • 1922
  • Price available on request
  • Walter Joseph (W.J.) Phillips

  • Above Lake Louise

  • Woodcut on Paper
  • 7.44 x 6.22 in
  • 1945
  • Price available on request
  • Walter Joseph (W.J.) Phillips

  • West Road (Mountain Road)

  • Woodcut on Paper
  • 9 x 13 in
  • 1944
  • Price available on request
  • Walter Joseph (W.J.) Phillips

  • Siwash House Posts

  • Woodcut on Paper
  • 8.85 x 6.25 in
  • 1928
  • Price available on request
  • Walter Joseph (W.J.) Phillips

  • The Bather

  • Woodcut on Paper
  • 8.75 x 9.75 in
  • 1927
  • Price available on request
  • Walter Joseph (W.J.) Phillips

  • The Mountain

  • Woodcut on Paper
  • 6.1 x 7.71 in
  • 1927
  • Price available on request
  • Walter Joseph (W.J.) Phillips

  • Field Barn

  • Woodcut on Paper
  • 9 x 10 in
  • 1925
  • Price available on request
  • Walter Joseph (W.J.) Phillips

  • Norman Bay 2

  • Woodcut on Paper
  • 8.77 x 9.84 in
  • 1922
  • Price available on request
  • Walter Joseph (W.J.) Phillips

  • The Bather

  • Woodcut on Paper
  • 10.9 x 7.36 in
  • 1923
  • Price available on request
  • Walter Joseph (W.J.) Phillips

  • Norman Bay, Lake of the Woods

  • Woodcut on Paper
  • 11.49 x 8.38 in
  • 1920
  • Price available on request
  • Walter Joseph (W.J.) Phillips

  • The Diving Board

  • Woodcut on Paper
  • 8.66 x 5.6 in
  • 1930
  • Price available on request
  • Walter Joseph (W.J.) Phillips

  • Engineer's House and South Wall

  • Wood Engraving on Paper
  • 3.1 x 4.6 in
  • 1931
  • Price available on request
  • Walter Joseph (W.J.) Phillips

  • The Bear

  • Wood Engraving on Paper
  • 4.56 x 4 in
  • 1936
  • Price available on request
  • Walter Joseph (W.J.) Phillips

  • Beaver Lodge

  • Woodcut on Paper
  • 7.4 x 14.7 in
  • 1944
  • Price available on request
  • Walter Joseph (W.J.) Phillips

  • Summer Night

  • Woodcut on Paper
  • 6.96 x 9.48 in
  • 1931
  • Price available on request

Exceptional Sales

  • Walter Joseph (W.J.) Phillips

  • Floating Dock, Mamalilicoola, B.C.

  • Mixed Media
  • 20.75 x 16 in
  • 1927
  • Sold
  • Walter Joseph (W.J.) Phillips

  • Lake McArthur, Canadian Rockies

  • Watercolour on Paper
  • 11.75 x 13.9 in
  • circa 1926
  • Sold
  • Walter Joseph (W.J.) Phillips

  • Mamalilicoola, British Columbia

  • Woodcut on Paper
  • 10 x 12 in
  • 1928
  • Sold
  • Walter Joseph (W.J.) Phillips

  • York Boat on Lake Winnipeg

  • Woodcut on Paper
  • 10.2 x 13.7 in
  • 1930
  • Sold
  • Walter Joseph (W.J.) Phillips

  • Little Log House

  • Watercolour on Paper
  • 8 x 9.75 in
  • circa 1920
  • Sold
  • Walter Joseph (W.J.) Phillips

  • Seven Sisters Falls

  • Watercolour on Paper
  • 12 x 14 in
  • circa 1926
  • Sold
  • Walter Joseph (W.J.) Phillips

  • Bow Falls, Banff

  • Watercolour on Paper
  • 10 x 15 in
  • circa 1936
  • Sold
  • Walter Joseph (W.J.) Phillips

  • Deer at Rainbow Falls

  • Watercolour on Paper
  • 15 x 21.5 in
  • 1941
  • Sold
  • Walter Joseph (W.J.) Phillips

  • Wapta Falls

  • Watercolour on Paper
  • 15.75 x 19.5 in
  • 1949
  • Sold
  • Walter Joseph (W.J.) Phillips

  • Jack Pine

  • Woodcut on Paper
  • 8.8 x 9.8 in
  • 1940
  • Sold

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Exhibitions

From Leighton to Kerr: A Chronology of Art in Calgary

March 17 - April 7, Calgary

From Leighton to Kerr: A Chronology of Art in Calgary

March 17 - April 7, Calgary

Walter J. Phillips | Summers at the Lake

February 24 - March 10, Calgary

Walter J. Phillips | Summers at the Lake

February 24 - March 10, Calgary

The Gale and Henry Beaumont Collection: Selected Works

November 18 - December 16, Calgary

The Gale and Henry Beaumont Collection: Selected Works

November 18 - December 16, Calgary

Artists of Western Canada: Historical and Post War

April 6 - April 22, Calgary

Artists of Western Canada: Historical and Post War

April 6 - April 22, Calgary

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