George William Hill (sculptor)
George William Hill RCA (1861 in Shipton, Eastern Townships, Canada East – 1934) was a Canadian sculptor. He was known as one of Canada's foremost sculptor during the first half of the 20th century, because of his numerous public memorials.[1] He was a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.[2] He traveled to Paris in 1889 to study at the École nationale des beaux-arts and at the Académie Julian, and returned to Montreal in 1894 to open his workshop and begin producing public memorials.[3]
George William Hill | |
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 George William Hill (circa 1920) | |
| Born | 8 May 1861 |
| Died | 17 July 1934 Outremont (Montreal) |
| Known for | sculptor |
Works
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George William Hill (sculptor)'s George Brown (1913) erected at Parliament Hill Ottawa, Ontario Canada
George William Hill (sculptor)'s D'Arcy McGee (1913) erected at Parliament Hill Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
George William Hill (sculptor)'s George-Étienne Cartier Monument(1919) at Mont Royal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
George William Hill (sculptor)'s George-Étienne Cartier Monument(1919) at Mont Royal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
George William Hill (sculptor)'s George-Étienne Cartier Monument(1919) at Mont Royal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
George William Hill (sculptor)'s George-Étienne Cartier Monument(1919) at Mont Royal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
George William Hill (sculptor)'s Sherbrooke War Memorial (1926) commemorating the First World War at King Street in Sherbrooke, Quebec Canada
George William Hill (sculptor)'s Sherbrooke War Memorial(1926) commemorating the First World War at King Street in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
George William Hill (sculptor)'s Boer War Memorial (Montreal) (1907) in Square Dorchester,
- War Memorial, Harbord Collegiate School,286 Harbord St., Toronto, Ontario
- War Memorial, Pictou, Nova Scotia
- War Memorial, Westmount, Montreal, Quebec
- Charlottetown Veterans Memorial at Province House, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Monument to Sir George-Étienne Cartier in front of Mount Royal during winter in Montreal (1919)
Boer War Monument, George William Hill, Victoria Park, London, Ontario
References
- Rosalind M. Pepall. "The Architecture of Edward & W.S. Maxwell: Craftsmen and Decorative Artists". McGill John Bland Canadian Architecture Collection. Retrieved August 22, 2010.
- "Members since 1880". Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Archived from the original on May 26, 2011. Retrieved September 11, 2013.
- "HILL, George William (1862–1934)". Dictionnaire historique de la sculpture québécoise au XXe siècle. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
External links
- George Hill Letter at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
- HILL, GEORGE WILLIAM. "Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 16, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003". biographi.ca. University of Toronto/Université Laval. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
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