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{{Short description|English-born Canadian painter and printmaker}}
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'''Walter Joseph Phillips''' (October 25, 1884 – July 5, 1963) was an English-born Canadian [[Painting|painter]] and [[woodcut]]ter, acclaimed as one of Canada's most famous [[printmaker]]s and for popularizing the colour woodcut in the style of the Japanese.<ref>[http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0006266 The Canadian Encyclopedia: Phillips, Walter Joseph]</ref>
'''Walter Joseph Phillips''' {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|RCA|size=100%}} (October 25, 1884 – July 5, 1963) was an English-born Canadian [[Painting|painter]] and [[Printmaking|printmaker]]. He is credited with popularizing the colour [[woodcut]] in the style of the Japanese, in Canada.<ref>[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/walter-joseph-phillips The Canadian Encyclopedia: Phillips, Walter Joseph]</ref>


==Life==
Phillips was born in [[Barton-on-Humber]], [[Lincolnshire]], [[England]]. As a youth, he studied at the [[Birmingham School of Art]]. After studying abroad in [[South Africa]] and [[Paris]], he worked as a commercial artist in England. In June 1913 he moved to [[Winnipeg, Manitoba]], where he lived for more than 28 years. Phillips died in [[Victoria, British Columbia]], in 1963.
Phillips was born in [[Barton-upon-Humber]], [[Lincolnshire]], [[England]]. As a youth, he studied at the [[Birmingham School of Art]]. After studying abroad in [[South Africa]] and [[Paris]], he worked as a commercial artist in England. In June 1913 he moved to [[Winnipeg, Manitoba]], where he lived for more than 28 years. He first traveled to British Columbia in 1927.<ref>{{cite web |title=Works |url=https://www.heffel.com/Auction/LotDetails_E?Request=iZTDNdl2DfJc8jRi4pFzNF4FyYcqe80krsL77dDV7HA22fVbrPA6LM988u1hciSicAOzpheAC5hh2VhEUI1WKu5Xzq4w046mqWi0Jl7fugYJ0xgp8146PE+tN+u6yQwXvuyFViYzKHuwmR5u3vuWozhZmR9Y4b0Zj5nOs9cHpgbuhuBHNbsYs7zG+B0FzjyBp2bQEWfyjKvYh6prRYp9O4FL0pVvrg6h4DLY0w6723A= |website=www.heffel.com |publisher=Heffel Auction House, Nov 23. 2023 |access-date=2 November 2023}}</ref> Phillips died in [[Victoria, British Columbia]], in 1963.


==Career==
==Career==
Phillips is famous for his woodcuts and [[watercolour]] sketches. His artistic career spanned from the 1900s through the 1940s, during which time his work was exhibited throughout North America and Great Britain. Common subjects for Phillips included the lakes of Manitoba—''[http://cybermuse.gallery.ca/cybermuse/enthusiast/thirties/artwork_zoom_e.jsp?mkey=9838 York Boat on Lake Winnipeg]'' (1930) is a well-known print—the [[Canadian Prairies|prairies]], and in his later years, the [[Rocky Mountains]], where his ashes were scattered.
Phillips is famous for his woodcuts and [[watercolour]] sketches. His artistic career spanned from the 1900s through the 1940s, during which time his work was exhibited throughout North America and Great Britain. Common subjects for Phillips included the lakes of Manitoba—''York Boat on Lake Winnipeg'' (1930) is a well-known print—the [[Canadian Prairies|prairies]], and in his later years, the [[Rocky Mountains]], where his ashes were scattered.


In 1940 he was asked to become a resident artist at the [[Banff Centre]], then known as the Banff School of Fine Arts, where he played an important role in the development of their visual arts program. Its [[Walter Phillips Gallery]], which focuses on [[contemporary art]], is named after him. The [[Glenbow Museum]] in Calgary, Alberta holds an extensive collection of Phillips works and a research archive.<ref>[http://www.glenbow.org/collections/art/research/phillips.cfm Glenbow Museum: Collections & Research]</ref>
In 1940 he was asked to become a resident artist at the [[Banff Centre]], then known as the Banff School of Fine Arts, where he played an important role in the development of their visual arts program. Its [[Walter Phillips Gallery]], which focuses on [[contemporary art]], is named after him. The [[Glenbow Museum]] in Calgary, Alberta holds an extensive collection of Phillips works and a research archive.<ref>[http://www.glenbow.org/collections/art/research/phillips.cfm Glenbow Museum: Collections & Research]</ref>

In 1933, he was made a member of the [[Royal Canadian Academy of Arts]].<ref name=RCA1880>{{cite web|title=Members since 1880|url=http://www.rca-arc.ca/en/about_members/since1880.asp|publisher=Royal Canadian Academy of Arts|accessdate=11 September 2013|archive-date=26 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526215339/http://www.rca-arc.ca/en/about_members/since1880.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was a member of the Canadian Painters Etchers Society; the Manitoba Society of Artists; the Society of Gravers-Painters in Colour, London, England; and the Society of Print Makers of California.<ref name="Bradfield">{{cite book |last1=Bradfield |first1=Helen |title=Art Gallery of Ontario: the Canadian Collection |date=1970 |publisher=McGraw Hill |location=Toronto |isbn=0070925046|url=https://search.library.utoronto.ca/search?N=0&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Nu=p_work_normalized&Np=1&Ntt=Helen%20Bradfield%2C%20canadian%20collection%20%2C%20art%20gallery%20of%20ontario&Ntk=Anywhere |accessdate=2020-08-02}}</ref>


==Recognition==
==Recognition==
On 17 February 1997 Canada Post issued 'York Boat on Lake Winnipeg, 1930, Walter J. Phillips' in the Masterpieces of Canadian art series. The stamp was designed by Pierre-Yves Pelletier based on
On 17 February 1997 Canada Post issued 'York Boat on Lake Winnipeg, 1930, Walter J. Phillips' in the Masterpieces of Canadian art series. The stamp was designed by [[Pierre-Yves Pelletier]] based on a woodcut "York Boat on Lake Winnipeg" (1930) by Walter Joseph Phillips in the [[National Gallery of Canada]]. The 90¢ stamps were printed by Ashton-Potter Limited.<ref>[http://data4.collectionscanada.gc.ca/netacgi/nph-brs?s1=(art.TITP.)+Or+(art.TITI.+And+null.B742.)&l=20&d=STMP&p=1&u=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianet/02011702_e.html&r=13&f=G&Sect1=STMP Canada Post stamp]</ref> On May 26, 2010, Phillips' print "Summer Idyll" reached US$30,109 at [[auction]] by Heffel Fine Art.

on a woodcut "York Boat on Lake Winnipeg" (1930) by Walter Joseph Phillips in the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. The 90¢ stamps are perforated 12.5 X 13 and were printed by Ashton-Potter Canada Limited. <ref> [http://data4.collectionscanada.gc.ca/netacgi/nph-brs?s1=(art.TITP.)+Or+(art.TITI.+And+null.B742.)&l=20&d=STMP&p=1&u=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianet/02011702_e.html&r=13&f=G&Sect1=STMP Canada Post stamp] </ref> On may 26, 2010, Phillips' print 'Summer Idyll' reached $ 30,109 USD at an auction at Hefel Fine Art.
An exhibition of Phillips’ woodcuts was held at the [[McMichael Gallery]] in 2020.


== Sources ==
==References==
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* [http://www.sharecom.ca/phillips/contents.html Walter J. Phillips Website]


== Further reading ==
== Further reading ==

*Boulet, Roger. Walter J. Phillips : the complete graphic works, Markham, Ontario : [[M. Bernard Loates]], 1981. [http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/ourl/res.php?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_tim=2011-06-26T15%3A43%3A44Z&url_ctx_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=2615183&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fcollectionscanada.gc.ca%3Aamicus National Library of Canada, Amicus No. 2615183]
*Boulet, Roger. Walter J. Phillips : the complete graphic works, Markham, Ontario : [[M. Bernard Loates]], 1981. [http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/ourl/res.php?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_tim=2011-06-26T15%3A43%3A44Z&url_ctx_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=2615183&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fcollectionscanada.gc.ca%3Aamicus National Library of Canada, Amicus No. 2615183]
*{{cite book |last1=Green |first1=Nancy E. |last2=Rutherford|first2=Kate|last3=Tomlinson|first3=Toni|title=Walter J. Phillips |date=2013 |publisher=Pomegranate Communications Inc. |location=Portland, Oregon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3DVqmAEACAAJ |access-date=23 September 2023}}


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.sharecom.ca/phillips/contents.html Walter J. Phillips Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120810021321/http://www.sharecom.ca/phillips/contents.html |date=2012-08-10 }}
* {{FadedPage|id=Phillips, Walter Joseph|name=Walter J. Phillips|author=yes}}
*[http://www.wjphillips.ca/ Official Walter J Phillips Catalogue Raisonne of Prints]
*[http://www.banffcentre.ca/wpg/ Walter Phillips Gallery]
*[http://www.banffcentre.ca/wpg/ Walter Phillips Gallery]
* {{PDF|[http://projects.vanartgallery.bc.ca/publications/75years/pdf/Phillips_Walter_46.pdf Vancouver Art Gallery document with artwork and biography]|366&nbsp;KB}}
* {{cite web|url= http://projects.vanartgallery.bc.ca/publications/75years/pdf/Phillips_Walter_46.pdf |title=Vancouver Art Gallery document with artwork and biography }}&nbsp;{{small|(366&nbsp;KB)}}
* Glenbow Museum's ''Impress: Prints, Artists, and Ideas'' website has high resolution images of Phillips [http://www.glenbow.org/impress/site/#impView=cs works, his printmaking tools, as well as interviews with the artist] and [http://www.glenbow.org/impress/site/#impView=ap&impAction=detail&impItem=walterjphillips.xml an in-depth artist profile for educators]
* Glenbow Museum's ''Impress: Prints, Artists, and Ideas'' website has high resolution images of Phillips [http://www.glenbow.org/impress/site/#impView=cs works, his printmaking tools, as well as interviews with the artist] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604170330/http://www.glenbow.org/impress/site/#impView=cs |date=2012-06-04 }} and [http://www.glenbow.org/impress/site/#impView=ap&impAction=detail&impItem=walterjphillips.xml an in-depth artist profile for educators] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604170330/http://www.glenbow.org/impress/site/#impView=ap&impAction=detail&impItem=walterjphillips.xml |date=2012-06-04 }}

* [http://www.artistarchive.com/Artworks/AllArtworks.aspx?Ind=2996&CID=1 artistarchive.com—Listing of 250 Phillips' prints, many with images ]
* [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1334747/Man-bought-30-painting-oak-frame-discovers-watercolour-worth-48-000.html Phillips watercolour sold for £48,000 in 2010]
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Latest revision as of 16:35, 16 January 2024

Walter Joseph Phillips
Phillips in 1930
BornOctober 25, 1884
Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire, England
DiedJuly 5, 1963
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
NationalityCanadian
EducationBirmingham School of Art (1899–1902) with Edward R. Taylor
Known forpainter woodcutter, printmaker; teacher, especially at the Banff School of Fine Art (1940–59)[1]

Walter Joseph Phillips RCA (October 25, 1884 – July 5, 1963) was an English-born Canadian painter and printmaker. He is credited with popularizing the colour woodcut in the style of the Japanese, in Canada.[2]

Life

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Phillips was born in Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire, England. As a youth, he studied at the Birmingham School of Art. After studying abroad in South Africa and Paris, he worked as a commercial artist in England. In June 1913 he moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, where he lived for more than 28 years. He first traveled to British Columbia in 1927.[3] Phillips died in Victoria, British Columbia, in 1963.

Career

[edit]

Phillips is famous for his woodcuts and watercolour sketches. His artistic career spanned from the 1900s through the 1940s, during which time his work was exhibited throughout North America and Great Britain. Common subjects for Phillips included the lakes of Manitoba—York Boat on Lake Winnipeg (1930) is a well-known print—the prairies, and in his later years, the Rocky Mountains, where his ashes were scattered.

In 1940 he was asked to become a resident artist at the Banff Centre, then known as the Banff School of Fine Arts, where he played an important role in the development of their visual arts program. Its Walter Phillips Gallery, which focuses on contemporary art, is named after him. The Glenbow Museum in Calgary, Alberta holds an extensive collection of Phillips works and a research archive.[4]

In 1933, he was made a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.[5] He was a member of the Canadian Painters Etchers Society; the Manitoba Society of Artists; the Society of Gravers-Painters in Colour, London, England; and the Society of Print Makers of California.[1]

Recognition

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On 17 February 1997 Canada Post issued 'York Boat on Lake Winnipeg, 1930, Walter J. Phillips' in the Masterpieces of Canadian art series. The stamp was designed by Pierre-Yves Pelletier based on a woodcut "York Boat on Lake Winnipeg" (1930) by Walter Joseph Phillips in the National Gallery of Canada. The 90¢ stamps were printed by Ashton-Potter Limited.[6] On May 26, 2010, Phillips' print "Summer Idyll" reached US$30,109 at auction by Heffel Fine Art.

An exhibition of Phillips’ woodcuts was held at the McMichael Gallery in 2020.

References

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  1. ^ a b Bradfield, Helen (1970). Art Gallery of Ontario: the Canadian Collection. Toronto: McGraw Hill. ISBN 0070925046. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
  2. ^ The Canadian Encyclopedia: Phillips, Walter Joseph
  3. ^ "Works". www.heffel.com. Heffel Auction House, Nov 23. 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  4. ^ Glenbow Museum: Collections & Research
  5. ^ "Members since 1880". Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  6. ^ Canada Post stamp

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