Background
Wyle was born in Trenton, Illinois and in 1900 enrolled at the University of Illinois as a pre-medical student.
Wyle was born in Trenton, Illinois and in 1900 enrolled at the University of Illinois as a pre-medical student.
Wyle was born in Trenton, Illinois and in 1900 enrolled at the University of Illinois as a pre-medical student. Three years later (1903) she transferred to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she began studying clay modeling with Lorado Taft. She studied modelling and sculptural design in the United States of America under Frances Loring.
From 1913,when she moved to Toronto to join Loring who had moved there the year before to 1968 she worked as a sculptor in clay, plasticine, stone and wood.
Most of her carvings were executed by herself.
Wyle was a member of the Ontario Society of Artists (1920–1933, then from 1948), Sculptors Society of Canada (1933) Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (associate 1920, full member 1938) and the Canadian Guild of Potters.
Education and training Publications Career and official commissions Her work was often exhibited by the Women"s Art Association of Canada. 1926 - Saint Stephen War Memorial Portraits by other artists Wyle was the subject of at least one portrait by Loring. Posthumous honour In 2000 the Canadian Portrait Academy made Wyle an Honorary Academician naming her one of the Top 100 Artists of the 20th Century.
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Wyle was a member of the Ontario Society of Artists (1920–1933, then from 1948), Sculptors Society of Canada (1933) Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (associate 1920, full member 1938) and the Canadian Guild of Potters. She was made a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.