Jean paul ruggiero biography of william hill

Early life and family

George William HillRCA (1861 – 1934) was one of the Canada's foremost sculptors during the first half of the 20th century because of his numerous public memorials.^[1] He was elected in 1917 as a full member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.^[2][3]

The son of George Taylor Hill and Eleanor A.

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Career

Hill was born in Shipton, Eastern Townships, Canada East, the son of a marble cutter. He began to carve marble in his father's workshop and worked there for eight years and he became a chief sculptor^[4] then went to Paris in 1889 to study at the École nationale des beaux-arts with Alexandre Falguière,Jean Paul Laurens,^[5]Henri Chapu at the Académie Julian and Jean-Antoine Injalbert at the Académie Colarossi.^[3] He returned to Canada about 1894 and worked with the architects William Sutherland and Edward Maxwell.^[3] By 1897, was producing monume Jean Paul Ruggiero | Monster Trucks Wiki | Fandom RYFI