- Raoul Hunter
Raoul Hunter (b.
June 18 ,1926 in Saint-Cyrille-de-Lessard, l'Islet,Quebec ,Canada ) is asculptor andcaricaturist .Biography
Hunter studied at the School of fine arts of Quebec city and at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts of Paris. [ [http://www.raoulhunter.com/rhunter_eng.html Artist's web site] ]
He was caricaturist for
Quebec City 's "Le Soleil " from 1956 to 1989. [ [http://www.banq.qc.ca/histoire_quebec/parcours_thematiques/hunter/index.jsp La ville de Québec sous caricatures] ] Since 1989, he is primarily a sculptor.Works
* Mother Émilie Gamelin, 1999, at the Berri-UQAM station of the
Montreal Metro . [ [http://www.metrodemontreal.com/art/hunter/metro.html Mère Émilie Gamelin] ]* Statue of
William Lyon Mackenzie King , onParliament Hill ,Ottawa .* Monument to the memory of the Canadian merchant seamen from the province of Quebec who lost their lives at sea during
World War II , Pointe-à-Carcy, Quebec, 2002 [ [http://www.raoulhunter.com/stat_fra/marin_fra.html Merchant Seamen] ]Honours
* Member since 1989 of the
Order of Canada . [ [http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=2686 Member of the Order of Canada] ]References
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