Raoul Hunter Explained

Raoul Hunter
Birth Date:	18 June 1926
Birth Place:	Saint-Cyrille-de-Lessard, l'Islet, Quebec, Canada
Death Place:	Quebec City
Field:	sculptor and caricaturist
Training:	School of fine arts, Quebec and at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts of Paris

Raoul Hunter (June 18, 1926 – December 10, 2018)^[1] was a Canadian 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

• 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. Web site: Raoul Hunter n'est plus (1926-2018). Ricard-Châtelain. Baptiste. December 11, 2018. Le Soleil. french. December 12, 2018.
2. http://www.raoulhunter.com/rhunter_eng.html Artist's web site
3. http://www.banq.qc.ca/histoire_quebec/parcours_thematiques/hunter/index.jsp La ville de Québec sous caricatures
4. http://www.metrodemontreal.com/art/hunter/metro.html Mère Émilie Gamelin
5. http://www.raoulhunter.com/stat_fra/marin_fra.html Merchant Seamen
6. http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=2686 Member of the Order of Canada