Montreal

ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Monument à Toussaint Louverture/2017 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Dominique Dennery Object Type/Medium Bust/Bronze Subject Francois-Dominique Toussaint Louverture (1743-1803), Haitian general and politician Venue Parc Toussaint Louverture Acquisition method/Commissioner or Donor Gift/Bureau  de la Communauté Haïtienne de Montréal Ethno-cultural Community Haitian community Additional Electronic [...]

ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year L'immigrant grec/2017 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Giorgos Houliaras Object Type/Medium Statue group/Bronze Subject Arrival of first Greek immigrants in Montréal &  Greek community's contribution to the development of Montréal  Venue Rue Jean-Talon Ouest and Avenue du Parc Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Gift/Lycée des [...]

ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Mère Teresa/2012 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Benard Lekgegaj Object Type/Medium Statue/Bronze Subject Mère Teresa (1910-1997), Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and missionary & Albanian Declaration of Independence (1912) Venue Station de métro Monk Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Gift/Montreal's Albanian community to Montréal Sud-Ouest Borough Ethno-cultural [...]

ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Daleth/2010 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Gilles Mihalcean Object Type/Medium Sculpture/Granite; concrete; stainless steel Subject 125th anniversary of the arrival of the first Lebanese in Montréal Venue Parc Marcelin-Wilson Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Public commission/Ville de Montréal & World Lebanese Cultural Union (Québec) Ethno-cultural [...]

Photos by Michel de Broin ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year L'Arc/2009 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Michel de Broin Object Type/Medium Sculpture/Concrete; stainless steel Subject Chilean President Salvador Allende (1908-1973) Venue Île Notre-Dame, Parc Jean-Drapeau Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Public commision/Ville de Montréal & L'Association des Chiliens du [...]

ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Hommage à Mihai Eminescu, poète roumain/2005 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Vasile Gorduz Object Type/Medium Statue/Bronze Subject Mihai Eminescu (1850-1889), Romanian poet Venue Place de la Roumanie Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Gift/Romanian government to the Ville de Montréal Ethno-cultural Community Romanian community Additional Electronic Resources [...]

ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Trampolino/2001 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Laura Santini Object Type/Medium Sculpture/Stainless steel; Corten steel Subject Contribution of the Italian community to the development of Montréal Venue Centre Léonard de Vinci Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Private commission & Transfer/Centre Léonard de Vinci to the Ville de [...]

ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Buste de José de San Martin/2000 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Carlos Maria Toto Object Type/Medium Buste; pedestal/Bronze; granite Subject José Francisco de San Martin Matorras (1778-1850), Argentine general and national hero Venue Parc Hector-Toe-Blake Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Gift/Autonomous City of Buenos Aires [...]

ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Buste du Dr José P. Rizal/1999 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Abdulmari de Leon Imao Jr.  Object Type/Medium Bust; base/Bronze; granite Subject José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda (1861-1896), national hero of the Philippines Venue Parc Mackenzie-King Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Gift/Philippine government to the [...]

Exhibition Foreign Pasts, Section I Exhibition Foreign Pasts, Section II ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year La Réparation/1998 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Francine Larivée Object Type/Medium Sculpture/Marbre Subject All Victims of Twentieth Century Genocides Venue Parc Marcelin-Wilson Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Public commission/Armenian National Committee-Montreal branch & Ville de Montréal [...]

ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Athéna/1997 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Spyros Gokakis Object Type/Medium Statue/Bronze Subject Greek goddess Athena Venue Parc Athéna Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Gift/Mayor of Athens to the Ville de Montréal Ethno-cultural Community Greek community Additional Electronic Resources LINK 1 LOCATION [...]

ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Raoul Wallenberg/1995 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Paul Lancz Object Type/Medium Bust/Bronze Subject Raoul Wallenberg (1912-unknown), Swedish diplomat stationed in Budapest, Hungary, from July 1944 to January 1945 Venue Square Raoul Wallenberg  Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Private commission/Canadian Friends of Raoul Wallenberg Ethno-cultural Community Swedish/Jewish communities Additional Electronic [...]

ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Obélisque en hommage à Charles de Gaulle/1992 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Olivier Debré Object Type/Medium Sculpture/Cement; epoxy; granite; paint Subject Charle de Gaulle (1980-1970), French army general and president  Venue Place Charles-de-Gaulle Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Gift/Ville de Paris to the Ville de Montréal Ethno-cultural Community French community [...]

ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Buste de Simon Bolivar/1991 [1961] Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Vital Dubray Object Type/Medium Buste; pedestal/Bronze; granite Subject Simon Bolivar (1783-1830), Venezuelan military and political leader (El Libertador) Venue Parc Hector-Toe-Blake Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Gift/Governement of Venezuela to the Ville de Montréal Ethno-cultural [...]

  ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Monument à Norman Bethune/1977 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Ji Si Tu Object Type/Medium Statue; pedestal/Marble; granite Subject Norman Bethune (1890-1939), Canadian physician & Chinese hero Venue Place Norman-Bethune Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Gift/People's Republic of China to the Ville de Montréal Ethno-cultural [...]

ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Monument à Christophe Colomb/1976 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Armand de Palma Object Type/Medium Bust; base/Bronze; granite Subject Italian explorer and navigator Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) Venue Parc de Turin Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Purchase/Centre Amerigo Vespucci, the Knights of Columbus, and the Ville de [...]

ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Monument à Nicolas Copernic/1967 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Berthel Thorvaldsen  Object Type/Medium Statue/Bronze Subject Polish mathematician and astronomer Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543) Venue Planétarium Rio Tinto Alcan de Montréal Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Gift/Canadian Polish Congress to the Ville de Montréal Ethno-cultural Community Polish community Additional [...]

ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Monument à Isabelle La Catholique/1959 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) José Planes Peñalver  Object Type/Medium Bust/Bronze Subject Isabella I (1451-1504), Queen of Castile  Venue Parc Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Gif/Madrid Institute of Hispanic Culture to the Ville of Montréal Ethno-cultural Community Spanish community Additional [...]

Exhibition Foreign Pasts, Section I ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Monument à Giovanni Caboto/1935 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Guido Casini Object Type/Medium Bust;  pedestal/Bronze; travertine Subject Giovanni Caboto (c. 1450-1498), Venetian explorer and navigator  Venue Cabot Square Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Gift/Montreal Italian community & Italian Montreal-based [...]

ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Monument à Robert Burns/1930 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) George Anderson Lawson Object Type/Medium Statue (replica)/Bronze and granite Subject Robert Burns (1759-1796), Scottish poet  Venue Dochester Square Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Gift/Montreal Burns Memorial Society to the Ville de Montréal Ethno-cultural Community Scottish community [...]