Quiet Nature: The Woodblock Prints Of Walter J. Phillips

WALTER J. PHILLIPS, LEAF OF GOLD, 1941. GIFT OF THE ARTIST

Quiet Nature: The Woodblock Prints Of Walter J. Phillips

Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC - Mar 9 – May 20

by Robin Laurence

This exhibition spotlights the acclaimed colour woodcuts of Walter J. Phillips (1884-1963). Born and educated in England, Phillips immigrated to Canada in 1913, living and teaching in Winnipeg, Banff and Calgary before retiring to Victoria. Trainedinitially (and greatly admired) as a watercolourist, he became enamoured of Japanese woodblock printmaking, studying most notably with Mokuchu Urushibara. His prints are distinguished by their delicate palette, subtle depths, and rhythmic lines and forms.

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