Raoul Hunter

Raoul Hunter (June 18, 1926 – December 10, 2018)[1] was a Canadian sculptor and caricaturist.

Raoul Hunter
Born	June 18, 1926 Saint-Cyrille-de-Lessard, l'Islet, Quebec, Canada
Died	December 10, 2018 (aged 92) Quebec City
Nationality	Canadian
Education	School of fine arts, Quebec and at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts of Paris
Known for	sculptor and caricaturist.

Biography

Born in Saint-Cyrille-de-Lessard, l'Islet, Quebec, Canada, Hunter studied at l’École des Beaux-Arts de Québec and at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts of Paris.[2]

He was a caricaturist for Quebec City's Le Soleil from 1956 to 1989.[3]

From 1989 he worked primarily as 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
• 
  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.[4]
• 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.[5]

Honours

• Member since 1989 of the Order of Canada.[6]

References

1. Ricard-Châtelain, Baptiste (December 11, 2018). "Raoul Hunter n'est plus (1926-2018)". Le Soleil (in French). Retrieved December 12, 2018.
2. Artist's web site Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
3. La ville de Québec sous caricatures
4. Mère Émilie Gamelin
5. Merchant Seamen Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
6. Member of the Order of Canada Archived September 30, 2007, at Archive.today