Born: October 1, 1920, Granby (Estrie)
Died: April 2, 2001, Kirkland (Island of Montreal)
Charles Daudelin was a pioneer both in abstract art and in the integration of artwork with architecture in public spaces. He worked in a wide variety of media, including painting, metal and ceramic sculpture, jewelry, and marionettes. He worked with Fernand Léger, and as a member of the Sagittaires art group was a forerunner of the Quebec Automatistes. His best-known contributions were to public art, including a vast variety of "1% works" for public buildings.
He was awarded the Prix Paul-Émile-Borduas in 1985 and the Ordre National du Québec in 1998. Rue Daudelin and rue de l'Artiste in Kirkland were both named for him after his death.
His son, Éric Daudelin, is also a sculptor.
Works:
| In the metro: | |
| Sculptural grilles | Langelier station |
| 32 vertical joints | Mont-Royal station |
Other works: • In Montreal: |
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| Agora | Square Viger |
| Allégrocube | Palais de Justice |
| Anoudeu | Foyer, 2001, av. McGill College |
| Cailloudo | Bibliothèque de Saint-Laurent, Saint-Laurent |
| La cavalière | Foyer, 2001, av. McGill College |
| Cinétique boréale | Stewart Hall Gallery, Pointe-Claire |
| Envol virtuel | Centre d'accueil Pierre-Joseph Triest, Mercier |
| Éolienne V | Palais des Congrès |
| Femme accroupie | Édifice CDP Capital |
| Habitants des îles | Montreal Museum of Fine Art, Michal & Renata Hornstein Pavilion |
| Hommage à Claude Jutra | Parc Claude-Jutra |
| Hors du temps | Mount Royal Cemetery, Outremont |
| Mastodo | Square Viger |
| Odalisque or Le sphinx | Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Michal & Renata Hornstein Pavilion |
| Le passage du 2 avril | Kirkland Town Hall, Kirkland |
| Polypède | New Chancellor Day Hall, McGill University |
| Variations 24 | Headquarters, National Bank of Canada |
| Sculptural fountain | Bayview Centre, Pointe-Claire |
| Liturgical objects | Comité de construction et d'art sacré, Montreal Archdiocese (formerly Église Saint-Jean, Pointe Saint-Charles) |
| Retable | Sacré-Coeur Chapel, Notre Dame Basilica |
| Sculpture | Théâtre Maisonneuve, Place des Arts |
• In Quebec: |
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| Éclatement II | Place de la Gare, Quebec City |
| Femme accroupie | Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Quebec City |
| Mirador | Centre d'accueil Champlain, Châteauguay |
| 1+1=1 | Édifice Marie-Guyart, Quebec City |
| Viking | Parc des Portageurs, Gatineau |
| Sculptures | École Fernand-Séguin, Candiac (Montérégie) |
| Main entrance doors | La Citadelle, Quebec City |
• Outside Quebec: |
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| Embâcle | Place du Québec, Paris |
| Poulia | Provincial government building, Charlottetown, PEI |
| Sculpture | National Arts Centre, Ottawa |
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