Phyllis Jacobine Jones (1897–1976) was a sculptor. She was born in England, but emigrated to Canada in 1932.

Career

Jones traveled around Denmark, Italy and France with her mother for years until, at 28, she studied casting, carving, and modeling at the

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with Harold Brownsword and there she won a gold medal for her animal modelling. She then studied in Italy, Denmark, and France where she exhibited at the Salon. Her figure of an equestrian ''St. Joan'' (1930) carved in Rouen stone was exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, and later exhibited at the Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts, and purchased by that city for the

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. She moved to Canada in 1932, settled in York Mills, Toronto, and joined the Sculptors' Society of Canada in 1939.A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, volumes 1-8 by Colin S. MacDonald, and volume 9 (online only), by Anne Newlands and Judith Parker National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada She also joined the

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(1951-1956). From 1951 to 1956 she was the head of the department of sculpture at the Ontario College of Art. In 1969, she had a solo show of her work at Rodman Hall, St. Catharines, Ontario. She lived at

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. She is represented in the

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(RCA Diploma Coll.); Art Gallery of Hamilton;

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Art Collection and other galleries and private collections. In 1954, she was made a full member of the

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. There is a biography published called: ''Put On Her Mettle: The Life and Art of Jacobine Jones'' by Natalie Luckyj (1945–2002). Jones' birthdate is sometimes listed as 1898, which is incorrect, and in some places her mother's last name, "Nielsen," is misspelt as "Neilsen." The fonds for the artist is available at

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Library archives.

Work

Jones' work includes: * architectural sculpture for the Gore Vale Insurance building, Galt, Ontario (now

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), 1934 * a sculpted family scene in prehistoric times, bearing the Latin legend "Sic Vita Vitalis" or "Thus Is Life Livable", above the main entrance to the Rogers Campus (once Confederation Life Headquarters) in Toronto. * on the 1937 Bank of Canada Building in

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, seven figures representing Canada's seven principal industries at the time: fishing, electricity, mining, agriculture, forestry, manufacturing, and construction * figures of ''Scholar'' and ''Hockey Player'' on

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, Toronto * six animal-themed bas-reliefs, including ''Walrus'' and ''Skunk'', for the 1948 Bank of Montreal building at King & Bay Street in Toronto, removed to Guildwood's sculpture garden in 1972 * sculptures of

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, and

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on the Sigmund Samuel Canadiana Building now part of the University of Toronto, 1950

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Jacobine 1897 births 1976 deaths English sculptors Canadian architectural sculptors Alumni of the University of Westminster Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts 20th-century British sculptors British emigrants to Canada British women sculptors Canadian women artists 20th-century Canadian women sculptors Sculptors from London