Florence Wyle
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| Born | 1881 Trenton, Illinois, US |
| Died | 1968 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | American-Canadian |
| Education | Frances Loring |
| Known for | Sculptor and designer |
| Movement | NeoClassical |
| Patron(s) | Elizabeth Bradford Holbrook |
Florence Wyle (November 14, 1881 – 1968) was an American-Canadian sculptor and designer. She practiced chiefly in Toronto, living and working with her partner Frances Loring. She co-founded the Sculptors' Society of Canada with Alfred Laliberté, Florence Wyle, Elizabeth Wyn Wood, Wood's teacher and husband Emanuel Hahn and Henri Hébert.
Wyle was born in Trenton, Illinois and in 1900 enrolled at the University of Illinois as a pre-med student. Three years later (1903) she transferred to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she began studying clay modeling with Lorado Taft. She studied modelling and sculptural design in the USA under Frances Loring.
From 1913,when she moved to Toronto to join Loring who had moved there the year before to 1968 she worked as a sculptor in clay, plasticine, stone and wood. Most of her carvings were executed by herself.
Wyle was a member of the Ontario Society of Artists (1920–1933, then from 1948), Sculptors Society of Canada (1933) Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (associate 1920, full member 1938) and the Canadian Guild of Potters.
The Shadow of the Year, poems by Florence Wyle. wood engravings by Rosemary Kilbourne. Toronto, The Aliquando Press, 1976
Wyle preferred architectural projects that were large in scale compared to her partner Frances Loring. She was made a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Her work was often exhibited by the Women's Art Association of Canada.
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