Though Florence Wyle became a well-known Canadian sculptor of memorials and smaller figures, she was an American, born in 1881 in Trenton, Illinois. Taking pre-medical studies from 1900 to 1903 at... Read full biography
Though Florence Wyle became a well-known Canadian sculptor of memorials and smaller figures, she was an American, born in 1881 in Trenton, Illinois. Taking pre-medical studies from 1900 to 1903 at the University of Illinois, in Urbana, she decided in the latter year to study art at the Art... Read full biography
Though Florence Wyle became a well-known Canadian sculptor of memorials and smaller figures, she was an American, born in 1881 in Trenton, Illinois. Taking pre-medical studies from 1900 to 1903 at the University of Illinois, in Urbana, she decided in the latter year to study art at the Art Institute of Chicago. It was a fateful decision both in terms of her professional and personal life, for there she met Frances Loring (1887-1968), in 1905, also a future sculptor and her lifelong companion.... Read full biography
Though Florence Wyle became a well-known Canadian sculptor of memorials and smaller figures, she was an American, born in 1881 in Trenton, Illinois. Taking pre-medical studies from 1900 to 1903 at the University of Illinois, in Urbana, she decided in the latter year to study art at the Art Institute of Chicago. It was a fateful decision both in terms of her professional and personal life, for there she met Frances Loring (1887-1968), in 1905, also a future sculptor and her lifelong companion. Wyle taught modeling in clay at the Art Institute from 1906 to 1909, receiving a commission from the Institute in 1907. Briefly in New York City, she moved to Toronto to join Loring there in 1913. They would live in Toronto, making their studio from a... Read full biography
Though Florence Wyle became a well-known Canadian sculptor of memorials and smaller figures, she was an American, born in 1881 in Trenton, Illinois. Taking pre-medical studies from 1900 to 1903 at the University of Illinois, in Urbana, she decided in the latter year to study art at the Art Institute of Chicago. It was a fateful decision both in terms of her professional and personal life, for there she met Frances Loring (1887-1968), in 1905, also a future sculptor and her lifelong companion. Wyle taught modeling in clay at the Art Institute from 1906 to 1909, receiving a commission from the Institute in 1907. Briefly in New York City, she moved to Toronto to join Loring there in 1913. They would live in Toronto, making their studio from a converted church, until their deaths in 1968. Canada was little interested in sculpture at the time, and the two women, much... Read full biography
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About Florence Wyle: Books
Books & Publications (29)
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Independent Spirit: Early Canadian Women Artists
2008
Prakash, A.K.
409 pages (color)
And Beauty Answers: The Life of Frances Loring and Florence Wyle
2007
Cameron, Elspeth
504 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
The History of the Guild Inn
2000
Lidgold, Carole M
335 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Female Gazes: Seventy-Five Women Artists
1997
Martin, Elizabeth; Vivian Meyer
176 pages (color)
North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century A Biographical Dictionary
1995
Heller, Jules and Nancy G. Heller
612 pages
Sculpture/Toronto: An Illustrated Guide to Toronto's Historic and Contemporary Sculpture with Area Maps
1994
Ardiel, June
147 pages
By A Lady: Celebrating Three Centuries of Art by Canadian Women
1992
Tippett, Maria
226 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings
622 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
American Women Sculptors: A History of Women Working in Three Dimensions
1990
Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer
638 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings
612 pages
Industrial Images (Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario) (Exhibition catalog)
1988
Donegan, Rosemary
143 pages
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts-Spring Exhibitions 1880-1970 (Formerly Art Association of Montreal)
1988
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
417 pages
Loring and Wyle: Sculptor's Legacy
1987
Boyanski, Christine
0 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900
1985
Petteys, Chris with Hazel Gustow, Ferris Olin and Verna Ritchie
851 pages
Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present
1984
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
656 pages
Acquisitions to the Permanent Collection, 1973-1976 (Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery)
1977
Phillips, Carol A.
36 pages
A Terrible Beauty: The Art of Canada at War (Sponsored by Robert McLaughlin Gallery and Canadian War Museum)
1977
Robertson, Heather
240 pages (color)
The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West
1976
Samuels, Peggy and Harold
549 pages
Through Canadian Eyes: Trends and Influences in Canadian Art, 1815-1965 (Glenbow Museum)
1976
Williamson, Moncrieff
88 pages (color)
Canadian Painting in the Thirties (National Gallery of Canada Exhibition Catalogue) (Exhibition catalog)
1975
Hill, Charles C
223 pages (color)
The Girls: A Biography of Frances Loring and Florence Wyle
1972
Sisler, Rebecca
0 pages
Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art
1967
Hubbard, R.H.; J.R. Ostiguy
254 pages (color)
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935
Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge
1,130 pages
Who's Who in American Art: 1910 American Art Annual