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# ELIZABETH WYN WOOD (1903-1966)
### **Sculptor elevated discipline in Canadian culture**
Image credit: Bas-reliefs by Elizabeth Wyn Wood done in 1962 for the Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (TMU). Photo: Sandra Rose-Cohen
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Elizabeth Wyn Wood RCA (1903-1966) was a Canadian sculptor and art educator celebrated for her simplified designs, natural forms, and experimentation with materials.1 She is a notable figure in Canadian sculpture who is primarily known for her modernist interpretation of the Canadian landscape in her works.2
Born outside of Orillia, she studied at the Ontario College of Art (now OCAD with Group of Seven artists Arthur Lismer and J.E.H. MacDonald and graduated in 19273. A founding member of the Sculptors' Society of Canada, she was part of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts and the Ontario Society of Artists.4
For more than 20 years, Wood taught at Central Technical School in Toronto. Her many public commissions can be found across Ontario and her work is in the collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario and the National Gallery of Canada.5
Elizabeth Wyn Wood circa 1927 by M.O. Hammond (1876-1934), Public Domain
Wood’s contribution to Canadian art goes beyond her sculptures of nature and includes figurative work, reliefs carved into building facades, and refined landscape drawings. Her drawings in particular are detailed and lush and further reveal the artist’s accomplished handling of numerous techniques in various media.6
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