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Phyllis Jacobine Jones (1897–1976) was a sculptor. She was born in England, but migrated 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
Regent Street Polytechnic
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in
London
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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
The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its pur ...
, and later exhibited at the Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts, and purchased by that city for the
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is a museum and art gallery in Glasgow, Scotland. It reopened in 2006 after a three-year refurbishment and since then has been one of Scotland's most popular visitor attractions. The museum has 22 galleries, h ...
.
She moved to Canada in 1932, settled in York Mills, Toronto, and joined the
Sculptors' Society of Canada The Sculptors Society of Canada (SSC) promotes and exhibits contemporary Canadian sculpture.
Founded by Canadian sculptors Frances Loring, Florence Wyle, Elizabeth Wyn Wood, Wood's teacher and husband Emanuel Hahn, Henri Hébert and Alfred Lalibe ...
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
Ontario Society of Artists
The Ontario Society of Artists (OSA) was founded in 1872. It is Canada's oldest continuously operating professional art society. When it was founded at the home of John Arthur Fraser, seven artists were present. Besides Fraser himself, Marmaduke M ...
(1951-1956).
From 1951 to 1956 she was the head of the department of sculpture at the
Ontario College of Art
Ontario College of Art & Design University, commonly known as OCAD University or OCAD, is a public art university located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The university's main campus is spread throughout several buildings and facilities within d ...
.
In 1969, she had a solo show of her work at Rodman Hall, St. Catharines, Ontario. She lived at
Niagara-on-the-Lake. She is represented in the
National Gallery of Canada
The National Gallery of Canada (french: Musée des beaux-arts du Canada), located in the capital city of Ottawa, Ontario, is Canada's national art museum. The museum's building takes up , with of space used for exhibiting art. It is one of the ...
(RCA Diploma Coll.);
Art Gallery of Hamilton;
University of Guelph
, mottoeng = "to learn the reasons of realities"
, established = May 8, 1964 ()As constituents: OAC: (1874) Macdonald Institute: (1903) OVC: (1922)
, type = Public university
, chancellor ...
Art Collection and other galleries and private collections.
In 1954, she was made a full 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 General ...
.
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
Queen's University at Kingston Library archives.
Work
Jones' work includes:
* architectural sculpture for the Gore Vale Insurance building, Galt, Ontario (now
Cambridge, Ontario
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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 Rogers may refer to:
Places
Canada
*Rogers Pass (British Columbia)
* Rogers Island (Nunavut)
United States
* Rogers, Arkansas, a city
* Rogers, alternate name of Muroc, California, a former settlement
* Rogers, Indiana, an unincorporated communit ...
Campus (once Confederation Life Headquarters) in Toronto.
* on the 1937
Bank of Canada Building
The Bank of Canada Building is the head office of the Bank of Canada. It is located at 234 Wellington Street in Ottawa, Ontario.
Description
It was built from 1937-1938 by architect Sumner Godfrey Davenport of Montréal, Québec, and complet ...
in
Ottawa,
Ontario
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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
Kerr Hall,
Toronto Metropolitan University
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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
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's sculpture garden in 1972
* sculptures of
John Graves Simcoe
John Graves Simcoe (25 February 1752 – 26 October 1806) was a British Army general and the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada from 1791 until 1796 in southern Ontario and the watersheds of Georgian Bay and Lake Superior. He founded Yor ...
,
Isaac Brock
Major-General Sir Isaac Brock KB (6 October 1769 – 13 October 1812) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator from Guernsey. Brock was assigned to Lower Canada in 1802. Despite facing desertions and near-mutinies, he c ...
,
Samuel de Champlain, and
James Wolfe
James Wolfe (2 January 1727 – 13 September 1759) was a British Army officer known for his training reforms and, as a major general, remembered chiefly for his victory in 1759 over the French at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec. ...
on the Sigmund Samuel Canadiana Building now part of the University of Toronto, 1950
Notes
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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
Canadian women sculptors
20th-century women sculptors