People Apart Moving Together - Saint-John, New Brunswick
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N 45° 16.364 W 066° 03.920
19T E 730195 N 5017438
People apart moving together was created by John Hooper in 1988. The sculptures showing a person by himself and others grouped in close proximity are located inside the Market Square - Convention Centre Building, in Saint John, New Brunswick.
Waymark Code: WM12FFH
Location: New Brunswick, Canada
Date Posted: 05/16/2020
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John Hooper, OC (1926 – 26 January 2006) was an English-born Canadian sculptor known for his colourful polychromed wood carvings. His works can be found on public display in many locations throughout Canada and worldwide.
Born in England, Hooper also spent time in his youth in China, and served as a captain in the British Army in India in 1944.Hooper was educated at the Royal College of Art and Bournemouth College of Art (now The Arts Institute at Bournemouth), and studied with sculptor Jacob Epstein. After teaching at the University of Natal in South Africa from 1956 to 1962, he moved to New Brunswick, Canada, where he lived for the rest of his life, for many years working as a school teacher and administrator before devoting himself full-time to art in 1974.
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