biografia di Orson Shorey WHEELER (1902-?)

Birth place: Barnston, PQ

Addresses: Montreal, PQ

Profession: Sculptor, lecturer

Studied: Bishop's Univ. (B.A.); RCA classes (honors), Montreal; Cooper Union; Nat. Inst. Arch. Educ.; NAD; also study in Europe.

Exhibited: NAD, 1940; Smith College, 1945; Ottawa, 1950; Quebec City, PQ, 1951 & 1960; Montreal MFA, 1952-57. Awards: Dominican Govt. Centennial Medal, 1967.

Member: Sculpture Soc. Canada (treasurer, 1952-67).

Work: commissions: bust, Canada Pacific Railways; bust, Court House, Montreal, PQ; Supreme Court, Ottawa; Robinson Residence for Retired Teachers, Cowansville, PQ; sculpture, Dow Chemical Chan, Ltd.

Comments: Positions: chmn. permanent collection, Canada Handicrafts Guild, 1944-64, co-chmn., 1964-. Teaching: lecturer in fine arts, Sir George William Univ., 1931-; seasonal lecturer arch., McGill Univ., 1949-. Art interests: made over 150 scale models of world famous buildings to illustrate the history of architecture, models exhibited at Montreal MFA, 1955.

Sources: WW73; Quebec Arts 1958," film produced by CBC, "Madones et Abstractions" (French version), shown at Brussels World's Fair, 1958."