Loring-Wyle Parkette
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The Loring/Wyle Parkette is a small plot of land on the northeast corner of the Mount Pleasant Road and St. Clair Avenue East intersection, in Toronto's Moore Park neighbourhood, dedicated to the art and memory of two famous Toronto sculptors, Frances Loring (1887-1968)
and Florence Wyle (1881-1968).
Until October 1976 the long, narrow property served as the Moore Park turnaround loop for the TTC'sMount Pleasant streetcar. The parkette, established in 1984 at the request of the Moore Park Residents' Association, is located one block north of the converted church schoolhouse at 110 Glenrose Avenue that served as the artists' studio. It contains busts of both women, each carved by the other. In addition, the parkette contains 2 sculptures done by Wyle: Young Girl (1938) and Harvester (1940).
Other than the bust of Wyle, there are no other works by Loring displayed in the parkette, as she preferred to work on the monumental scale, and the small area allotted is not suitable for works of that size.
See also
References
- A website with information about the founding of the parkette:[1]
External links
Florence Wyle at the Art History Archive