Raoul Hunter

Raoul Hunter (June 18, 1926 – December 10, 2018) 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.

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

From 1989 he worked primarily as a sculptor.

Works

• Mother Émilie Gamelin, 1999, at Berri–UQAM station of the Montreal Metro.
• 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.

Honours

• Member since 1989 of the Order of Canada.

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