Yves Trudeau

Yves Trudeau studied at École des beaux-arts de Montréal. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are public. Work by Yves Trudeau is recorded in the collections of National Gallery of Canada, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec and Sherbrooke Museum of Fine Arts. Distinctions recorded are Member of the Order of Canada.

• Name — Yves Trudeau CM • Born — 3 December 1930 • Birthplace — Montreal, Quebec, Canada • Died — 18 December 2017 • Place of death — Montreal, Quebec, Canada • Occupation — Sculptor

Yves Trudeau studied at the École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal and began his career in the 1950s. At first concentrating on bronze sculptures, he later incorporated wood and iron into his works. In 1960, he founded the Association des sculpteurs du Québec (today the Conseil de la sculpture du Québec), a professional association for Quebec sculptors. He created numerous significant public sculptures and took part in significant group and individual shows throughout Canada and Europe. He received the Order of Canada in 1995.

• Illustration — "Le Phare du Cosmos" (1967) (created for Expo 67) in St. Helen's Island in Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montréal, Quebec • Year — Title — Material — Location • 1966 — Spacio-mobile #1 — Steel — Musée de Lachine, Lachine (Montreal) • 1966 — Vie intérieure — Bronze — Centre Notre-Dame de l'Enfant, Sherbrooke • 1967 — Le phare du cosmos — Painted steel, kinetic elements — St. Helen's Island, Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montreal (created for Expo 67) • 1968 — Relief — Concrete, marble, ceramics — Neurology department, Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke • 1968 — Relief — Bronze — Pavillon de l'Avenir, Centre de formation professionnelle de Rivière-du-Loup, Rivière-du-Loup • 1975 — Monument à Alphonse Desjardins — Aluminum — Complexe Desjardins, Montreal (removed in 1995 and moved to Parc Catchpaw,Municipalité d'Orford) • 1976 — Mur fermé et ouvert #19 — Painted steel — Musée d'art de Joliette, Joliette • 1978 — Mur fermé et ouvert #45 — Painted steel — Place du Portage, Gatineau • 1981 — Trans-Terre — Bronze — Engineering and Visual Arts building, Concordia University, Montreal (formerly at Téléglobe Canada, 1000 de La Gauchetière) • 1982 — Vortex, rythme séquentiel no. 1 — Aluminum — Maison Alcan, Montreal • 1984 — Vers la lumière — Plaster, light fixtures — CHSLD Centre-Ville-de-Montréal, Montreal • 1984 — Place de la Découverte — Aluminum, stone, concrete — Place de la Découverte, Gaspé • 1985 — Relief, négatif positif — Stainless steel — Côte-Vertu metro station, Saint-Laurent (Montreal) • 1989 — Alfred Rouleau — Bronze — Complexe Desjardins, Montreal • 2000 — Parvis et portail #22 — Aluminum, steel — Place de l'An-2000, Saint-Laurent (Montreal)