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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]] (RCA Diploma Coll.); [[Art Gallery of Hamilton]]; [[Art Gallery of Guelph]] Art Collection and other galleries and private collections.<ref name="macDonald " />
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]] (RCA Diploma Coll.); [[Art Gallery of Hamilton]]; [[University of Guelph]] Art Collection and other galleries and private collections.<ref name="macDonald " />


In 1954, she was made a full member of the [[Royal Canadian Academy of Arts]].<ref name=RCA1880>{{cite web|title=Members since 1880 |url=http://www.rca-arc.ca/en/about_members/since1880.asp |publisher=Royal Canadian Academy of Arts |accessdate=11 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526215339/http://www.rca-arc.ca/en/about_members/since1880.asp |archivedate=May 26, 2011 }}</ref><ref name="macDonald " />
In 1954, she was made a full member of the [[Royal Canadian Academy of Arts]].<ref name=RCA1880>{{cite web|title=Members since 1880 |url=http://www.rca-arc.ca/en/about_members/since1880.asp |publisher=Royal Canadian Academy of Arts |accessdate=11 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526215339/http://www.rca-arc.ca/en/about_members/since1880.asp |archivedate=May 26, 2011 }}</ref><ref name="macDonald " />

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Jacobine Jones
Born
Phyllis Jacobine Jones

1897 (1897)
London, England
Died1976
NationalityCanadian
EducationRegent Street Polytechnic in London
Known forsculptor
Bank of Canada building relief.

Phyllis Jacobine Jones RCA (1897–1976) was a sculptor. She was born in England, but migrated to Canada in 1932.[1] [2]

Life

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 in London.[3] She moved to Canada in 1932, settled in York Mills, Toronto, and joined the Sculptors' Society of Canada in 1939.[1] From 1951 to 1956 she was the head of the department of sculpture at the Ontario College of Art.[1]


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 (RCA Diploma Coll.); Art Gallery of Hamilton; University of Guelph Art Collection and other galleries and private collections.[1]

In 1954, she was made a full member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.[4][1]

There is a biography published called: Put On Her Mettle: The Life and Art of Jacobine Jones by Natalie Luckyj (1945–2002).[2][5] 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.[6]

Work

Jones' work includes:

  • architectural sculpture for the Gore Vale Insurance building, Galt, Ontario (now Cambridge, Ontario), 1934[1]
  • 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 Campus in Toronto.
  • on the 1937 Bank of Canada Building in Ottawa, Ontario, seven figures representing Canada's seven principal industries at the time: fishing, electricity, mining, agriculture, forestry, manufacturing, and construction[1]
  • figures of Scholar and Hockey Player on Kerr Hall, Ryerson University, Toronto[7]
  • 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's sculpture garden in 1972[1]
  • sculptures of John Graves Simcoe, Isaac Brock, Samuel de Champlain, and James Wolfe on the Sigmund Samuel Canadiana Building now part of the University of Toronto, 1950[8]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h 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
  2. ^ a b "Put On Her Mettle: The Life and Art of Jacobine Jones". Penumbra Press. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  3. ^ Glew, Helen; Gorst, Anthony; Heller, Michael; Matthews, Neil (2013), "Women at the Polytechnic", Educating Mind, Body and Spirit, vol. 3, University of Westminster Press, p. 133, doi:10.2307/j.ctv6zd9f6.14, JSTOR j.ctv6zd9f6.14, retrieved 13 April 2022
  4. ^ "Members since 1880". Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  5. ^ Luckyj, Natalie; Jones, Jacobine (1999). Put on her mettle: the life and art of Jacobine Jones. Ontario: Penumbra Press. ISBN 978-0-921254-94-2. OCLC 45637335.
  6. ^ "Jacobine Jones fonds". db-archives.library.queensu.ca. Queen`s University at Kingston library archives. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  7. ^ "A Stone-age scandal". theeyeopener.com. Ryerson U, 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  8. ^ Murray, Terry (2006). "Carved in Stone". Beaver. Vol. 86, no. 3. pp. 52–53.


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