Elizabeth Wyn Wood

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Elizabeth Wyn Wood
Born	October 8, 1903 Orillia, Ontario, Canada
Died	January 27, 1966
Nationality	Canadian
Field	sculptor
Training	Ontario College of Art & Art Students League of New York.

Elizabeth Wyn Wood (October 8, 1903 - January 27, 1966) was a Canadian sculptor, born in Orillia, Ontario, Canada.

Wood studied sculpture at the Ontario College of Art and at the Art Students League of New York. Among her major public works is the Welland-Crowland War Memorial in Chippawa Park, Welland, Ontario, dedicated in 1939, and the 1962 reliefs at Ryerson University in Toronto.

She studied under, and in 1926 married, Emanuel Hahn. Together with Alfred Laliberté, Frances Loring, Florence Wyle and Henri Hébert they were founding members of the Sculptors' Society of Canada. She was made a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.^[1] She was inducted into the Orillia Hall of Fame in 1966.

The Welland Crowland War Memorial designed by Elizabeth Wyn Wood, features 2 heroic figures, Man the Defender and Woman the Giver, set against the Canadian landscape. Planned as part of a regional beautification plan for the lands along the Welland Canal, the memorial was intended to be visible and intelligible to passengers on passing boats. The Welland Crowland War Memorial was unveiled on 2 September 1939.^[2]

Elizabeth Wyn Wood's Bas-relief at Ryerson University, Toronto
Elizabeth Wyn Wood's Bas-relief of a Goaltender at Ryerson University in Toronto
Elizabeth Wyn Wood's Welland-Crowland War Memorial in Welland

References

↑ "Members since 1880". Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
↑ http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0009128 Canadian Encyclopedia Monuments, World Wars I and II

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Persondata
Name	Wood, Elizabeth Wyn
Alternative names
Short description	Canadian sculptor
Date of birth	October 8, 1903
Place of birth	Orillia, Ontario, Canada
Date of death	January 27, 1966
Place of death

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