Truth and Beauty in the Canadian Rockies: An Explorer's Guide to the Art of Walter J. Phillips
Truth and Beauty in the Canadian Rockies: An Explorer's Guide to the Art of Walter J. Phillips
Christensen, Lisa
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Condition: New, UPC: 9781927083581, Publication Date: Sun, September 1, 2019, Type: Paperback ,
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"The work of Walter J. Phillips embodies local landscapes and human activities in those landscapes using a vocabulary forged in Japanese woodcut processes.... Through the skillful superimposition of many layers of transparent water colors, he created images of great beauty, subtlety and depth." --Willock Sax Gallery

Walter J. Phillips was born in Lincolnshire, England, and immigrated to Canada in 1913 at the age of 29, after spending considerable time studying abroad in South Africa and Paris. Today, he is considered one of the most accomplished watercolorist artists Canada has ever produced. In 1941, he became resident artist at the Banff School of Fine Arts, and played a vital role in the development of that institution's visual arts program.

Phillips' career spanned from the early 1900s through the late 1950s, when the increasing frailty of his eyesight caused him to stop painting. Phillips' work has been widely exhibited throughout North America and Great Britain. His topics ranged from the Canadian prairies to the Rocky Mountains.

This is the fourth volume in Lisa Christensen's highly acclaimed Hiker's Guide to Art of the Canadian Rockies series, which "takes the art off the wall and presents it in the context of the magnificent locations that inspired its creation."

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