Brantford in Brant County, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)
Walter Allward
(1875-1955)
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, May 25, 2022
1. Walter Allward Marker
An outstanding sculptor of some of Canada's finest public monuments, Walter Allward is best known for his masterpiece, the Vimy war memorial in France. He emerged as a dominant figure in the transition from the sculptural conventions of the Victorian era to the more abstract forms of the 20th century. Many of his works, including the Bell Memorial, combine expressive classical figures with dramatic settings. With his original sense of spatial composition, his mastery of the classical form, and his brilliant craftsmanship, Allward created works of enduring beauty.
Célèbre pour son chef-d'œuvre, le monument commémoratif de Vimy, en France, Walter Allward réalisa certains des plus beaux monuments publics du Canada. Il fut l’un des artistes dominants du passage des conventions sculpturales de l'époque victorienne aux formes plus abstraites du XXe siècle. Plusieurs de ses créations, dont le Bell Memorial, allient figures classiques expressives et mises en scène dramatiques. Grâce à son exploitation originale de l’espace, sa maîtrise des
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Erected by Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada/Commission des lieux et monuments historiques du Canada.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music. In addition, it is included in the Canada, Historic Sites and Monuments Board series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1875.
Location. 43° 8.48′ N, 80° 16.081′ W. Marker is in Brantford, Ontario, in Brant County. Marker is on West Street just north of Wellington Street, on the right when traveling north. Marker is located in Bell Memorial Park, overlooking Allward's Bell Telephone Monument. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 41 West Street, Brantford ON N3T 3N4, Canada. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Bell Telephone Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Sara Jeannette Duncan 1861-1922 (about 180 meters away, measured in a direct line); Sara Jeannette Duncan (about 180 meters away); Polish World War II Veterans Memorial (about 210 meters away); The Cenotaph (about 210 meters away); Michael Snow (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); George Thomson (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); John Claude Whale (approx. 0.4 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Brantford.
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Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, May 25, 2022
2. Walter Allward Marker
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1. Walter S. Allward.
Walter S. Allward began life modestly in Toronto and against all odds became the foremost sculptor of his generation. He left school at fourteen and learned about sculpture by looking through books and magazines at the local library and by studying replicas at a nearby museum. By twenty, he had won his first commission and never looked back. His landmark works — the Bell Memorial; the Brantford, the Stratford, and the Peterborough war memorials; and especially his masterpiece, the Vimy Memorial in France — transformed sculpture. Despite his enormous success, Allward was largely ignored in the years after his death until 2001, when he appeared as a fictional character in Jane Urquhart’s novel The Stone Carvers.(Submitted on February 7, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
2. Walter Seymour Allward, National Historic Person.
Outstanding Canadian sculptor in the first quarter of the twentieth century.(Submitted on February 7, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
3. Walter Allward.
Allward’s real talent lay in his heroic monuments, which include The Boer War Memorial Fountain in Windsor (1906), The South African Memorial in Toronto (1910),(Submitted on February 7, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)The Bell Monument in Brantford (1917), The Baldwin-Lafontaine Monument on Parliament Hill, Ottawa (1914) and a design for a King Edward VII memorial. Walter Allward cemented his reputation as one of Canada’s greatest monumental sculptors with the mammoth Canadian National Vimy Memorial in Vimy, France (1922–36), which commemorated the important Battle of Vimy Ridge (April 1917) and the more than 11,000 Canadians listed as missing in action during the First World War.Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, May 25, 20223. Walter Allward Marker(looking south • 1917 Bell Telephone Monument in background)
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, May 25, 2022
4. Bell Telephone Monument (1917)
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 5, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 70 times since then and 6 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on February 7, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
