Walter Phillip was a New York City artist who painted clowns and skyscrapers in the mid 1940s-1960. He was discovered while waiting tables in the 58th Street Delicatessen. The director of The Artist Students League of New York, Hugh Sylvan Stix, saw his work in a deli and offered him a one man exhibition.
The show sold out and Philipp became the talk of the New York City art scene. Later he started to exhibit his works around the city, and was featured in Life Magazine, March 15, 1948.
This site is dedicated to the waiter who became an artist and my parents who admire his work. Happy 50th Anniversary to the world’s most loving parents.