George William Hill (sculptor)
George William Hill 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.
He was a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. 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
- 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
during winter in Montreal
