George William Hill
George William Hill (circa 1920)
Born8 May 1861
Shipton, Eastern Townships, Canada East
Died17 July 1934
Outremont (Montreal)
Known forsculptor
SpouseElsie Annette Kent

George William Hill RCA (1861 – 1934) was one of Canada's foremost sculptors during the first half of the 20th century because of his numerous public memorials.[1] He was elected in 1917 as a full member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.[2][3]

Career

Hill was born in Shipton, Eastern Townships, Canada East, the son of a marble cutter. He began to carve marble in his father's workshop, and worked there for eight years becoming chief sculptor,[4] then went to Paris in 1889 to study at the École nationale des beaux-arts with Alexandre Falguière, and Jean Paul Laurens,[5] and with Henri Chapu at the Académie Julian and Jean-Antoine Injalbert at the Académie Colarossi.[3] He returned to Canada about 1894 and worked with the architects William Sutherland and Edward Maxwell.[3] By 1897, was producing monuments. In 1902 he had won his first commission, the Strathcona and South African soldiers' memorial.[3] Many commissions followed such as Sir George-Étienne Cartier (1912), marking the centenary of Cartier's birth.

Selected public exhibitions

Selected war memorials

  • The Lion of Belfort, 1897;
  • Boer War Memorial (1907), Montreal;
  • The Monument to the Heroes of the Boer War (1912), London, Ontario;[5]
  • The Sir George-Étienne Cartier Monument (1919);[5]
  • The Canadian Nursing sisters' memorial in the Parliament Buildings, Ottawa, Hall of Honour, near the entrance to the Parliamentary Library (1926);[5]
  • Sherbrooke War Memorial, 1926;[5]
  • War Memorial, Harbord Collegiate School,286 Harbord St., Toronto, Ontario;[5]
  • War Memorial, Pictou, Nova Scotia;[5]
  • War Memorial, Westmount, Montreal, Quebec;[5]
  • Charlottetown Veterans Memorial at Province House, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.[5]

Selected public collections

Works

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

  1. ↑ Rosalind M. Pepall. "The Architecture of Edward & W.S. Maxwell: Craftsmen and Decorative Artists". McGill John Bland Canadian Architecture Collection. Retrieved August 22, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Members since 1880". Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Archived from the original on May 26, 2011. Retrieved September 11, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Joanne Chagnon, “HILL, GEORGE WILLIAM,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 16, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed December 24, 2023, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/hill_george_william_16E.html.
  4. 1 2 3 "Article". canadianmilitaryhistory.ca. Canadian Military History. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, volumes 1-8 by Colin S. MacDonald, and volume 9 (online only), by Anne Newlands and Judith Parker National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada
  6. ↑ McMann, Evelyn (1981). Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Collection". www.gallery.ca. National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
  8. 1 2 "Collection". artpublicmontreal.ca. City of Montreal. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Collection". collections.mnbaq.org. MNBAQ. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Collection". tms.artgalleryofhamilton.com. Art Gallery of Hamilton. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  11. ↑ "Collection". agnes.queensu.ca. Agnes Etherington Art Centre. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  12. ↑ "Collection". dlheritage.com. Heritage Canada. Retrieved December 26, 2023.

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