Walter Joseph Phillips
(1884 - 1963) RCA
Artwork from the 1930s
WALTER JOSEPH PHILLIPS
Zunuk, Karlukwees
woodcut
signed in the lower margin
6 x 4.25 ins ( 15.2 x 10.8 cms )
WALTER JOSEPH PHILLIPS
York Boat on Lake Winnipeg
colour woodcut
signed, titled and numbered 59/150 in the lower margin
10.25 x 13.75 ins ( 26 x 34.9 cms ) ( image )
Auction Estimate: $15,000.00 - $20,000.00
Price Realized $19,550.00
Sale date: November 22nd 2016
WALTER JOSEPH PHILLIPS
Valley of the Ten Peaks (1930)
woodcut
signed in the lower right margin
4.75 x 6.5 ins ( 12.1 x 16.5 cms ) ( subject )
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
York Boat on Lake Winnipeg, 1930
colour woodcut on paper
signed, titled and numbered 145/150 in the lower margin
10.25 x 13.75 in ( 26 x 34.9 cm )
Auction Estimate: $15,000.00 - $20,000.00
Price Realized $31,200.00
Sale date: May 30th 2024
WALTER JOSEPH PHILLIPS
Assiniboine River (1931)
colour woodcut
signed and editioned 57 in the lower margin
6.75 x 10 ins ( 17.1 x 25.4 cms ) ( subject )
WALTER JOSEPH PHILLIPS
Rushing River, Lake of the Woods (1931)
woodcut
signed in the lower margin
5.5 x 6.75 ins ( 14 x 17.1 cms ) ( subject )
WALTER JOSEPH PHILLIPS
Snake Island, Lake Winnipeg (1931)
woodcut
signed in the margin
5.25 x 7.75 ins ( 13.3 x 19.7 cms ) ( subject )
WALTER JOSEPH PHILLIPS
Lake MacArthur, Canadian Rockies
colour woodcut
signed in the lower right margin; unframed
7.5 x 9.25 ins ( 19.1 x 23.5 cms ) ( plate size )
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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.
