Walter J. Phillips (1884–1963) was an English-born Canadian painter and printmaker, renowned for popularizing Japanese-style colour woodcuts in Canada. After training at the Birmingham School of Art, he moved to Winnipeg in 1913, where he depicted the lakes of Manitoba, the Prairies, and later, the Rocky Mountains in his delicate woodcuts and watercolours. In 1940, he became a resident artist at the Banff Centre, shaping its visual arts program. A member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, his work is held in major collections, including the Glenbow Museum and the National Gallery of Canada.