In a Victorian house in the heart of the ByWard Market, where you can find one of the
finest collection of Canadian and international contemporary art.
Charles Daudelin was born in Granby, Québec in 1920. He studied at l’École du Meuble de Montréal, under Paul-Émile Borduas. Early in his career he was a painter and a puppet maker. Later he became one of Québec’s most acclaimed sculptor.
Daudelin was a pioneer in integrating sculpture into public places and architecture. Two of his accomplishments are: L’Embâcle, a bronze fountain on Place du Québec in Paris, France and the altarpiece of La Chapelle du Sacré-Coeur of l’Église Notre-Dame de Montréal.
He had retrospectives of his work at the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec and also at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal.
He received the Paul-Émile-Borduas Award in 1985. Charles Daudelin died in 2001.
