Walter Joseph Phillips
(1884 - 1963) RCA
Previously Sold Works
WALTER JOSEPH PHILLIPS
The Cloud (The Lake of the Woods)
watercolour
signed lower right; titled and dated “c. 1920” to a gallery label on the reverse
6.25 x 9.25 ins ( 15.9 x 23.5 cms ) ( sight )
WALTER JOSEPH PHILLIPS
The Clothes Line, Mamalilicoola
woodcut
signed and numbered 6/120 in the lower margin
4.75 x 4.75 ins ( 12.1 x 12.1 cms ) ( image )
WALTER JOSEPH PHILLIPS
Teepees, Banff
photolithographic reproduction
13.5 x 20.5 ins ( 34.3 x 52.1 cms ) ( sight )
WALTER JOSEPH PHILLIPS
St. John’s Bridge, Tewkesbury
watercolour on paper, mounted to card
signed lower right and titled on the mat; titled “Tewkesbury, England” on a gallery label on the backing
8.5 x 9.5 ins ( 21.6 x 24.1 cms ) ( sight )
WALTER JOSEPH PHILLIPS
Lake of the Woods
watercolour
signed lower left
10 x 12.25 ins ( 25.4 x 31.1 cms ) ( sight )
WALTER JOSEPH PHILLIPS
Zunuk, Karlukwees
wood engraving
signed and numbered 93/120 in the lower margin; titled, dated 1930 and numbered 93/120 to a gallery label on the reverse
6 x 4.25 ins ( 15.2 x 10.8 cms ) ( image )
WALTER JOSEPH PHILLIPS
Planting a Zunuk
colour woodblock print
signed, titled and numbered 100/150 in the lower margin; titled, dated 1930 and numbered 100/150 to a gallery label on the reverse
11 x 13.5 ins ( 27.9 x 34.3 cms ) ( sight )
WALTER JOSEPH PHILLIPS
Kincardine, Ontario
watercolour
signed and dated 1946 lower right
12.25 x 16 ins ( 31.1 x 40.6 cms )
WALTER JOSEPH PHILLIPS
Indian Days - Banff
colour woodblock print
signed, titled and numbered “20/100” in the lower margin; titled to a gallery label on the reverse
10.75 x 16 ins ( 27.3 x 40.6 cms )
WALTER JOSEPH PHILLIPS
Siwash House Posts, Tsatsisnukomi, BC
colour woodcut
signed and numbered “260” in the lower margin; titled, dated and numbered to a gallery label on the reverse
8.5 x 6.5 ins ( 21.6 x 16.5 cms ) ( sight )
WALTER JOSEPH PHILLIPS
In Pender Harbour
watercolour
signed and dated 1935 lower right; titled and dated to a gallery label on the reverse
14.5 x 21 ins ( 36.8 x 53.3 cms ) ( sight )
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W.J. Phillips Biography
(1884 - 1963) RCA
W.J. 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 woodblock print was an enduring interest which brought his work to a wider audience. Among W.J. Phillips’ 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, Walter 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.
W.J. Phillips’ 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.
