Walter J. Phillips, 1884 – 1963
Born in England, Canadian artist Walter Joseph Phillips attended evening classes at the local art school before attending Bourne College and the Birmingham School of Art. He became Art Master at Bishop Woodsworth School in Salisbury in 1908. He and his wife Gladys immigrated to Winnipeg, Canada in 1913, where he was Art Master at St. John’s Technical High School in Winnipeg.