George Hard

Born: 1850  |  Died: 1935

George Hard. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Toronto, Markdale, Ontario. Active early 20th century.

George Hard was a sculptor; a maker of naive carvings. His works included relief carvings and whimsies, usually without colour. He was cited in “From the Heart”, 1983 with an illustration (Pl. 1983).*

Ref: The Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies. From The Heart: Folk Art in Canada. McClelland and Stewart, Toronto. 1983.

Ref: Kobayashi/Bird, A Compendium of Canadian Folk Artists (1985).

Ref: Blake McKendry, An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art (1999).