Raoul Hunter

Raoul Hunter (born June 18, 1926 in Saint-Cyrille-de-Lessard, l'Islet, Quebec, Canada) is a sculptor and caricaturist.

Biography

Hunter studied at the School of fine arts of Quebec city and at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts of Paris.^[1]

He was caricaturist for Quebec City's Le Soleil from 1956 to 1989.^[2] Since 1989, he is primarily a sculptor.

Works

• 
  Raoul Hunter's Émilie Gamelin (1999)at the Berri-UQAM station of the Montreal Metro
• 
  Raoul Hunter's William Lyon Mackenzie King (1967) on Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Ontario Canada
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  Raoul Hunter's Canadian Merchant Navy (2002) of World War II, Pointe-à-Carcy, Quebec

• Mother Émilie Gamelin, 1999, at the Berri-UQAM station of the Montreal Metro.^[3]
• Statue of William Lyon Mackenzie King (1967), on Parliament 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.^[4]

Honours

• Member since 1989 of the Order of Canada.^[5]

References

1. ↑ Artist's web site
2. ↑ La ville de Québec sous caricatures
3. ↑ Mère Émilie Gamelin
4. ↑ Merchant Seamen
5. ↑ Member of the Order of Canada

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