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George William Hill RCA (1861 in Shipton, Eastern Townships, Quebec – 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
George William Hill (circa 1920)
Born8 May 1861
Shipton, Eastern Townships, Quebec, Canada
Died17 July 1934
Outremont (Montreal)
Known forsculptor

Works


Monument to Sir George-Étienne Cartier in front of Mount Royal during winter in Montreal (1919)
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
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. "HILL, George William (1862–1934)". Dictionnaire historique de la sculpture québécoise au XXe siècle. Retrieved August 8, 2016.




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George William Hill (né à Shipton dans les Cantons-de-l’Est en 1862, mort en 1934) était un sculpteur québécois. Il est connu comme étant le sculpteur canadien le plus en vue de la première moitié du XXe siècle, en raison des nombreux monuments commémoratifs publics qu'il a réalisé[1].



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