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Walter Seymour Allward (
November 18,
1876 -
April 24,
1955) was a
Canadian sculptor.
He was born in
Toronto,
Ontario, the son of John A. Allward of Newfoundland. Educated in Toronto public schools, his first job was at the age of 14 as an assistant to his carpenter father. Allward worked as a
draughtsman for an architectural firm, then modeled terra cotta decorative panels for the
Don Valley Brick Company. There he showed skill in clay mold making. Allward would next become an apprentice to a firm of architects; however, he'd no interest in contracts or specifications. So he began to copy the drawings of Michelangelo. After experimenting with painting he moved to sculpture.
His first commission was to create a monument in Toronto for the men who fought in the
North-West Rebellion. This work would lead to other commissions such as the bronze figure of Sir
Oliver Mowat. The
South African War Memorial on University Avenue in Toronto is another commission that Allward won. He would also create a memorial to
Robert Baldwin and
Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine that was placed on Parliament Hill. Allward is also the creator of the
Truth (
illustration, left) and
Justice standing outside the
Supreme Court in
Ottawa. This was meant as a
memorial to King
Edward VII. He also designed numerous municipal
cenotaphs around the country, including one in
Stratford, Ontario. He created the memorial to
Alexander Graham Bell in Brantford, Ontario, and one to
William Lyon Mackenzie at Queen's Park, Toronto.
Vimy Memorial
llward is probably most famous for designing the
Vimy Memorial in
France, which commemorates the
Battle of Vimy Ridge during
World War I. He made 150 sketches of the Vimy monument before submitting the design which won the commission from the federal government. In June of 1922 he went to Europe and toured for more than a year to find the kind of stone he wanted, finding it in the ruin of
Diocletian's Palace in
Split,
Croatia. The massive project was started in 1921 and completed in 1936.
Allward appeared as a character in
Jane Urquhart's historical novel
The Stone Carvers, much of which is set on the construction site of the Vimy Memorial, although details of Allward's character are largely fictional.
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