Walter J. Phillips, c. 1910

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Walter J. Phillips Website

The objective of this site is to provide a very comprehensive overview of the life and work of Walter J. Phillips. Not only was he an accomplished watercolour artist and printmaker, but he also wrote a great deal. The site is intended to operate on many levels, with many layers of information.

The proposed contents of the site at this time is as follows, links are provided to completed sections:

1. Introduction
2. Watercolours
   • Early Work (England, South Africa, Winnipeg to 1925
   • Middle Work (Winnipeg 1926 - 1941)
   • Later Work (Calgary and Banff, 1941-1960)
3. Complete Graphic Work
   • The Etchings
   • The Monochrome Woodcuts and the Wood Engravings
   • The Colour Woodcuts
   • Alphabetical Catalogue of the Complete Graphic Work by Title
   • Chronological Catalogue of the Complete Graphic Work (Titles only, accessing individual images)
   • Chonological Catalogue with Thumbnails
     1. Prints from 1915
     2. Prints from 1916
     3. Prints from 1917
     4. Prints from 1918
     5. Prints from 1919
     6. Prints from 1920 and 1921
     7. Prints from 1922 and 1923
     8. Prints from 1924 and 1925
     9. Prints from 1926
     10. Prints from 1927
     11. Ten Canadian Colour Prints, first portfolio, 1927
     12. Prints from 1928 and 1929
     13. The Canadian Scene, second portfolio, 1928
     14. Prints from 1930
     15. An Essay in Woodcuts, third portfolio, 1930
     16. Prints from 1931
     17. Prints from Dreams of Fort Garry, 1931
     18. Prints from 1932
     19. Prints from 1933
     20. Prints from 1934
     21. Prints from 1935 and 1936
     22. Winter Woodcuts, fourth portfolio, 1936
     23. Prints from 1937 to 1942
     24. Prints from 1943 to 1952
4. Lake of the Woods and Muskoka
5. British Connections
6. Walter J. Phillips in British Columbia
7. Manitoba Landscape
8. The Canadian Rockies
9. Walter J. Phillips, the writer
   • The Technique of the Color Wood-cut (1926)
   • Selected Articles written for The Winnipeg Tribune, and other newspapers
   • Wet Paint, an unpublished manuscript on watercolour technique
   • The Landscape Painter..., an unpublished manuscript on outdoor sketching (c. 1956) [144 KB]
   • Other Texts
10. Chronology
11. Bibliography
12. Where to see works by Walter J. Phillips...
13. About the author