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1881 Trenton, Illinois - 1968 Toronto, Canada. Known for: Sculptor-figure and animal, torso.
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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: Keywords
Keywords (28)
Art Method
- •Direct Carver, Hand Carving
- •Easel Painting
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Torsos
- •Totem Poles, Haida First Nations Culture
Art Association
- •Sculptors Society of Canada
Art Teacher
- •Lorado Taft
Art School
- •Art Institute of Chicago (School Of), Teacher
- •School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •National Historic Person, Canadian Government Award
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Animal Specialty
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Combat, War Artist: Illustration, Painting or Photography
- •Figure Specialty
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art, National Gallery
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts