George William Hill (1861 in Shipton,

Eastern Townships The Eastern Townships (french: Cantons de l'Est) is an historical administrative region in southeastern Quebec, Canada. It lies between the St. Lawrence Lowlands and the American border, and extends from Granby in the southwest, to Drummondv ...

, 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. He was a member of the

Royal Canadian Academy of Arts The Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (RCA) is a Canadian arts-related organization that was founded in 1880. History 1880 to 1890 The title of Royal Canadian Academy of Arts was received from Queen Victoria on 16 July 1880. The Governor Gener ...

. 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.

Works

File:George Brown (Canadian politician).jpg, George William Hill (sculptor)'s George Brown (1913) erected at

Parliament Hill Parliament Hill (french: Colline du Parlement, colloquially known as The Hill, is an area of Crown land on the southern banks of the Ottawa River in downtown Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Its Gothic revival suite of buildings, and their archit ...

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Canada File:Thomas D'Arcy McGee.JPG, George William Hill (sculptor)'s

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(1913) erected at

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, Ontario, Canada File:Monument G E Cartier Est.JPG, George William Hill (sculptor)'s

George-Étienne Cartier Monument The Sir George-Étienne Cartier Monument (french: Monument à George-Étienne Cartier) is a monument in Montreal, Quebec, in the Mount Royal Park to George-Étienne Cartier by sculptor George William Hill (1862–1934). The monument, which is top ...

(1919) at Mont Royal in Montreal,

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, Canada File:Monument G E Cartier Est dessous.JPG, George William Hill (sculptor)'s George-Étienne Cartier Monument(1919) at Mont Royal in Montreal,

, Canada File:Monument George-Etienne Cartier.JPG, George William Hill (sculptor)'s George-Étienne Cartier Monument(1919) at Mont Royal in Montreal,

, Canada File:Monument G E Cartier Lion.JPG, George William Hill (sculptor)'s George-Étienne Cartier Monument(1919) at Mont Royal in Montreal,

, Canada File:Monument aux combattants de la 1re guerre mondiale Sherbrooke Canada.jpg, George William Hill (sculptor)'s Sherbrooke War Memorial (1926) commemorating the

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at King Street in

Sherbrooke Sherbrooke ( ; ) is a city in southern Quebec, Canada. It is at the confluence of the Saint-François and Magog rivers in the heart of the Estrie administrative region. Sherbrooke is also the name of a territory equivalent to a regional cou ...

, Quebec Canada File:Épitaphe du cénotaphe de Sherbrooke.jpg, George William Hill (sculptor)'s Sherbrooke War Memorial(1926) commemorating the

at King Street in

, Quebec, Canada File:Guerre Boers Montreal.JPG, George William Hill (sculptor)'s

Boer War Memorial (Montreal) The Boer War Memorial (french: Monument aux héros de la guerre des Boers) is a monument to the heroes of the Boer War. It is located at Dorchester Square in downtown Montreal, in Quebec, Canada. Overview The Boer War Memorial was unveiled ...

(1907) in Square Dorchester, File:Lion de Belfort Montreal.JPG, George William Hill (sculptor)'s

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in Square Dorchester, Montreal,

* 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 George-Etienne Cartier

References

External links

George Hill Letter
at the

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, Ottawa, Ontario. * 1862 births Sculptors from Quebec 1934 deaths People from Estrie Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts 20th-century Canadian sculptors Canadian male sculptors 20th-century Canadian male artists 19th-century Canadian sculptors 19th-century Canadian male artists {{Canada-sculptor-stub