Florence Wyle

Came to Canada (Toronto) in 1913

Biographical sketch:

Florence Wyle (1881–1968) was a Canadian sculptor and writer of American birth. She was born in Trenton, Illinois. While studying at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1905, she met Frances Loring with whom she later moved to New York. Loring moved to Canada in 1912, where Wyle joined her the following year. Both artists produced a considerable body of work in their studio and residence, a converted church in the Moore Park area of Toronto.

A member of the Ontario Society of Artists (1920), Wyle was the first woman sculptor to become a full member of the Royal Canadian Academy. She was also a published writer (Poems, 1958). Among her public sculptures are the profile portraits of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on the Queen Elizabeth Monument in Toronto and the relief of Edith Cavell on the grounds of the Toronto General Hospital. Florence Wyle died in Newmarket, Ontario 13 January 1968.

Loring’s & Wyle’s works are in the collections of the Art Gallery of Ontario, the National Gallery of Canada, the Canadian War Museum and in several public and private buildings in Ontario.