George William Hill (sculptor)

George William Hill
George William Hill
	George William Hill (circa 1920)
Born	8 May 1861; Shipton, Eastern Townships, Quebec, Canada
Died	17 July 1934; Outremont (Montreal)
Nationality	Canadian
Known for	sculptor

George William Hill (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 the numerous public memorials he made.[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]

Works

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,
George William Hill (sculptor)'s Lion of Belfort (Montreal) in Square Dorchester, Montreal, Quebec

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.

[1]

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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[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.

[RCA1880-2] "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.

[Dictionary_of_Canadian_Biography-4] 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.