What are your favourite statues or other works of public art in a Canadian city? [Archive]

SignalHillHiker

Aug 1, 2012, 5:33 PM

The recent posts in the Ugly Canada thread made me wonder what sorts of statues or other works of public art you cherish in your city?

The most famous statue in St. John's is almost certainly the Peter Pan statue in Bowring Park.

It was commissioned by Sir Edgar Bowring, of one of St. John's most prominent families, in memory of his granddaughter, Betty Munn, who was among those killed when the Florizel was wrecked at Cappahayden, Newfoundland, in February of 1918.

It was created by Sir George Frampton, who also created an identical one for Kensington Gardens in London, and unveiled in August of 1925.

The inscription on it reads, "In memory of a little girl who loved the park."

http://i.imgur.com/1DNb6h.jpg

Equally famous in the park are statues dedicated to the members of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment and all Newfoundlanders and Labradorians in uniform.

I took this photo on July 2, 2012. July 1 is Memorial Day in Newfoundland and Labrador. It's the day we do everything the rest of Canada does on Remembrance Day, including parades, poppies, wreath layings, etc. That's why all the poppies are on this statue in the summer.

http://i.imgur.com/XgYHwh.jpg

And, of course, the National War Memorial (named before we joined Canada, obviously) that bridges Water and Duckworth streets in downtown St. John's (Photos taken on July 1, Memorial Day):

http://i.imgur.com/bOABwh.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/xbZych.jpg

Another favourite, one which I don't have a great picture of, is this statue on George Street, which celebrates Newfoundland's musical heritage:

Photo by Flickr user I-AM-MMM:
http://i.imgur.com/K2DUs.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/i-am-mmm/3835190814/sizes/l/in/photostream/

Another is the Rower on Quidi Vidi Lake, which celebrates the history of North America's oldest annual sporting event: the Royal St. John's Regatta. The 194th annual one was held today, August 1, 2012:

By Flickr user weezeerthewonderful
http://i.imgur.com/jJ6j6.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43541286@N00/5954509261/sizes/l/in/photostream/

SignalHillHiker

Aug 1, 2012, 5:36 PM

One other for St. John's - but I can only post a link to it, I assume, because there are breasts involved.

You know how ever city has that thing that they get artists to paint, and there are 50 of them all over the city?

Winnipeg, for example, has Polar Bears.

This is what St. John's used. Not the best, nor the worst: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mig/211559487/in/photostream/

Martin Mtl

Aug 1, 2012, 5:57 PM

My favorite in Montreal is L'Homme by Alexander Calder (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Calder), made for Expo 67. These pics were taken by me during the Piknic Electronic, held every sunday under and around the sculpture on Ste-Helen island

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/113810115.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/113810134.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/113810136.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/113810138.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/113810170.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/113810183.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/113812281.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/113813014.jpg

My second favorite is La Joute, a sculpture/fountain by Jean-Paul Riopelle, made for the 1976 Olympic. The fountain has water, mist and fire.

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102279333.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102279336.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102867953.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/85035899.jpg

I also like Venus, the fountain of Place Ville-Marie, especially because it works even in winter, all covered in ice.

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/119141043.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/119141041.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/114974965.jpg

All pics by me.

SignalHillHiker

Aug 1, 2012, 6:13 PM

I love the Venus!

MonkeyRonin

Aug 1, 2012, 6:48 PM

http://i.imgur.com/1DNb6h.jpg

We have the same thing in Toronto. I knew there was one in London too, but I had no idea the original was in St. John's!

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7035/6584433709_4563c340d3_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/glennrgannon/6584433709/)
Peter Pan (http://www.flickr.com/photos/glennrgannon/6584433709/) by Glenn R Gannon (http://www.flickr.com/people/glennrgannon/), on Flickr

A few of my other favourites:

Boer War Memorial

http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1291/1353882238_56906f6df2_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/13127913@N04/1353882238/)
Boer War Memorial, University Ave (http://www.flickr.com/photos/13127913@N04/1353882238/) by pocampo1 (http://www.flickr.com/people/13127913@N04/), on Flickr

(unfortunately the fountain has been out of commission for a few years now)

More recently, gotta love this guy in the Distillery

http://i.imgur.com/3zMEl.jpg

Zhang Huan's Rising

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8167/7229994466_426e60f6ae_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/summitmetal/7229994466/)
2012-05-05 RISING sculpture reveal LG (http://www.flickr.com/photos/summitmetal/7229994466/) by SummitMetal (http://www.flickr.com/people/summitmetal/), on Flickr

This might be a bit of a stretch, but technically it is still a monument - the Princes' Gate

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2037/2150260097_506d8dd123_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/syzmonster/2150260097/)
Christmas Chandillier (http://www.flickr.com/photos/syzmonster/2150260097/) by SzymonB (http://www.flickr.com/people/syzmonster/), on Flickr

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2419/2508587428_a58e4d0f1d_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/swilton/2508587428/)
Princes' Gate (http://www.flickr.com/photos/swilton/2508587428/) by swilton (http://www.flickr.com/people/swilton/), on Flickr

SignalHillHiker

Aug 1, 2012, 6:51 PM

^ Maybe London's is the original? I don't know, sorry.

LOVE all the ones you posted. Every single one. Wow!

someone123

Aug 1, 2012, 7:03 PM

One in Halifax that I like is the Britannia statue on top of the former post office building. Back in the 1860's it looked directly out into the Atlantic:

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3625/3516474636_74f69a9b78_b.jpg
Source (http://www.flickr.com/photos/orb_cz/3516474636/sizes/l/)

Another interesting one is the Welsford-Parker Crimean War monument.
http://farm1.staticflickr.com/214/512771305_cce76c0be7_z.jpg
Source (http://www.flickr.com/photos/markandrobin/512771305/sizes/z/in/photostream/)

The Public Gardens are packed with stuff. This is the Boer War fountain:
http://alongthegardenspath.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/soldiers-memorial.jpg?w=584&h=438
Source (http://alongthegardenspath.files.wordpress.com/2012/05)

The "Wave" on the waterfront is maybe the most famous in the city, partly because of its "no climbing" sign:

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6194/6077394115_cfcccf8790.jpg
Source (http://budgettravelerssandbox.com/2011/08/travel-photo-thursday-august-25-2011-riding-the-wave-in-nova-scotia/)

The most impressive monument is not particularly well-known since it is not downtown. The memorial tower in Fleming Park was built to commemorate the 150th anniversary of representative government in NS, back in 1912. It's been undergoing restoration for a few years. Maybe I'll take some more photos of it when I go back. Inside there are plaques donated by Commonwealth countries.

http://www.geocachingonline.com/geoblog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/06_11_09_geocaching_at_the_halifax_dingle_17.jpg
Source (http://www.geocachingonline.com/2009/06/11/geocaching-at-the-halifax-dingle/)

SignalHillHiker

Aug 1, 2012, 7:09 PM

^ Gorgeous.

I especially love the Crimean War one.

BIMBAM

Aug 1, 2012, 7:17 PM

Wow, what a great idea for a thread, I love it!

Okay, they're new, but I'm a big fan of these very realistic looking giant sparrow statues that litter a public square in Vancouver.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4069/4617183873_34a9140c73.jpg

I'm also a big fan of the Cenotaph on in Mount Royal park in Montreal. There's always alot of activity around it, and it's the centre of activity of the tam tams, a big weekly drum circle that's been going on there for decades. I believe the Cenotaph commemorates those who lay down their lives in the first world war.

http://esl.culips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/montroyal1.jpg

I'm a big fan of this playful set of statues in Queen Elizabeth Park in Vancouver. If one investigates the details of these figures up close whole stories arise! They're alot of fun.

http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/photos/2008/08/13/bc-080813-statue1-FULL.jpg

The Spirit of Haida Gwaii: The Jade Canoe, by Bill Reid in the Vancouver airport.

http://www.realworldimage.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/7/1/7133_2.jpg

The Illuminated Crowd, on McGill College Avenue in Montreal.

http://cache.virtualtourist.com/4/1166163-The_Illuminated_Crowd_Montreal.jpg

These "commuting" statues by a skytrain station in Vancouver.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7059/6842440692_c74ae8c962.jpg

I like this coloured fountain in Place des Arts in Montreal:

http://www.bonjourquebec.com/fileadmin/Image/decouvrez/experiences/villes/montreal/quartiers_montreal/tq_005828_g.jpg

SignalHillHiker

Aug 1, 2012, 7:21 PM

Wow, Vancouver has some pretty cool stuff. I love the playful statues. That I would LOVE to see in St. John's. The birds are cool too, great for VC!

The_Architect

Aug 1, 2012, 8:55 PM

Canadian Volunteer Monument:
Dedicated to University of Toronto volunteers who fought and died in the Fenian Raids of 1866, it is one of Toronto's oldest monuments and, despite being eroded quite a bit, still really beautiful.

http://www.dittwald.com/torontosculpture/gallery/full/Reid_volunteer1.jpg

http://bayimages.net/images/20k/statue-woman-toronto-19662.jpg

War of 1812 Memorial:
Some don't like it but I personally do. Very tongue-in-cheek.

http://liveattheshops.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/douglascouplandwar1812toronto.jpg

The_Architect

Aug 1, 2012, 8:59 PM

Also the Canada Victoria Memorial in Hamilton:

http://static.torontopubliclibrary.ca/da/images/LC/pcr-716.jpg

bulliver

Aug 1, 2012, 10:48 PM

Can't think of anything in Edmonton that I'm terribly keen on, but The Device to Root Out Evil in Calgary is my kind of art:
http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1122/5114180822_1a8e1ff57a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpiercy/5114180822/)
Device to root out evil (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpiercy/5114180822/) by Etownbeatdown (http://www.flickr.com/people/jpiercy/), on Flickr

Vancouver's loss...

kw5150

Aug 1, 2012, 10:49 PM

The downdraft-wind-calming "tree sculptures" in downtown Calgary.

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6070/6061530867_321fb7a1cc_z.jpg

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6070/6061530867_321fb7a1cc_z.jpg

MonctonRad

Aug 1, 2012, 11:14 PM

This is a recent addition to the Moncton streetscape.

http://i1188.photobucket.com/albums/z411/MonctonRad/Snapbucket/Moncton%20Construction%202012/20bf6d32.jpg

This statue of Northrop Frye sits in front of the Moncton Public Library in tne Blue Cross Centre on Main St. Frye is a favourite son of the city, having grown up and been educated here. Moncton is the home of the Northrop Frye Literary Festival, and a truly impressive array of the world's best authors have visited the city to participate.

SpongeG

Aug 2, 2012, 3:49 AM

the harry jarome statue in stanley park

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3374/3514236729_e8abfb764d_b.jpg

the girl in the wet suit - also stanley park

http://www.robhuntley.ca/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver-and-Area/DSC2076g/513230926_7FDJA-L.jpg
robhuntley.ca

orca by douglas coupland at the convention centre
http://www.jaunted.com/files/6193/DigiOrca2.jpg
jaunted.com

orca at the vancouver aquarium
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3547/3297155637_58fbba2f1a_b.jpg

this one in kitsilano i think its called water no4
http://i.images.cdn.fotopedia.com/f99mkad2ks77v-WDSn-bQk0dI-hd/2010_Winter_Olympics/Venues/Vancouver/Vanier_Park.jpg
fotopedia.com

and this one called the drop at the convention centre
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2433/3821925305_868f6a11b5_b.jpg

artvandelay

Aug 2, 2012, 4:14 AM

My favourites in Calgary:

"The Conversation" featuring 2 portly businessmen chatting is a fixture on Stephen Avenue:
http://farm1.staticflickr.com/206/452074756_13fbab0893_z.jpg?zz=1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/faceme/452074756/

and the "Family of Man" was originally on display at Expo 67 in Montreal and gifted to the City of Calgary soon after:
http://i1.treklens.com/photos/3873/calgary_tower_family_of_man.jpg
http://www.treklens.com/gallery/photo529529.htm

trueviking

Aug 2, 2012, 4:17 AM

^ the family of man is spectacular...one of my favourite public art pieces in the country

i always liked this statue in calgary too.

http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/02/78/93/a9/filename-tcpl-arch-jpg.jpg
http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/02/78/93/a9/filename-tcpl-arch-jpg.jpg

jlousa

Aug 2, 2012, 4:31 AM

Great idea for a thread. For Vancouver I'm surprised no one has posted the laughing guys are English Bay. Also a big fan of the crab at the planetarium and the Angel of Victory at Waterfront station. Winnipeg and Montreal also have an Angel of Victory.

Andrewjm3D

Aug 2, 2012, 4:40 AM

^ Maybe London's is the original? I don't know, sorry.

LOVE all the ones you posted. Every single one. Wow!

It is and it's located in Kensignton, the first replica was made and sent to Perth Australia. It seems many replicas have been made.

Andrewjm3D

Aug 2, 2012, 4:41 AM

Andrewjm3D

Aug 2, 2012, 4:45 AM

This was just installed at the TIFF LightBox.
http://urbantoronto.ca/sites/default/files/imagecache/display-slideshow/images/articles/2012/05/5560/urbantoronto-5560-17534.jpg
http://urbantoronto.ca/sites/default/files/imagecache/display-slideshow/images/articles/2012/05/5560/urbantoronto-5560-17534.jpg

artvandelay

Aug 2, 2012, 4:54 AM

War of 1812 Memorial:
Some don't like it but I personally do. Very tongue-in-cheek.

http://liveattheshops.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/douglascouplandwar1812toronto.jpg

Nice, I've never seen that one - a very cool approach to a war statue!

I also like this one on University Ave in Toronto:

"Per ardua ad astra" is a memorial for our fallen airmen:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Per_Ardua_Ad_Astra_University_Avenue.jpg/800px-Per_Ardua_Ad_Astra_University_Avenue.jpg
From Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Per_Ardua_Ad_Astra_University_Avenue.jpg)

canarob

Aug 2, 2012, 5:57 AM

I'm biased since he was from my hometown of Hampton, NB, but the late John Hooper produced some great -- and very Canadian -- public art.

"Balancing" outside the National Arts Centre in Ottawa
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/JohnHooperBalancing.jpg/800px-JohnHooperBalancing.jpg

Terry Fox in Ottawa
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Terry_Fox%2C_statue%2C_Ottawa.jpg/307px-Terry_Fox%2C_statue%2C_Ottawa.jpg
http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/photos/2010/04/19/terry-fox-statue-cp-1864812.jpg

Various in Saint John
http://www.fototime.com/%7BDF97000A-CC13-4465-A64B-845AC22D1B0D%7D/sspict/640/exp=f&modt=40852.8523826273&ssdyn=1/111023-0091.jpg

http://jbvoorn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/St-John-12.jpg

http://jbvoorn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/St-John-13.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nFxr7exQooM/UA1CVYk33FI/AAAAAAAABRo/5zPBbzNn4MQ/s1600/statues.jpg

http://publicartprojectunbfredericton.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/saint20john20john20hooper20people20waiting20sculpture.jpg

Tribute to John Peters Humphrey, the author of the first draft of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights. Hampton, NB
http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/imagecache/fullsize/images/Credo1_0.jpg

SpongeG

Aug 2, 2012, 6:29 AM

the terry fox statues at terry fox plaza in vancouver

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6153/6161015329_ae8bfd61fe_z.jpg

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6106/6228864885_def30e8693_z.jpg

http://www.cbc.ca/bcalmanac/P1020688.JPG
cbc.ca

SignalHillHiker

Aug 2, 2012, 9:43 AM

Device to root out evil is AWESOME.

LOVE the Orca at the Vancouver Aquarium. It's so cool to be able to claim such a beautiful style of art as one of your province's assets.

SignalHillHiker

Aug 2, 2012, 9:46 AM

MolsonExport

Aug 2, 2012, 1:32 PM

I like the Rene Levesque Statue. It makes me wish I was still a smoker, if only to place a smoldering cig between his fingers. He is really short, maybe 5'3"

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2215/2192818243_1b708a01f7.jpg
whostalking.com

Even though I disagreed with his politics, I greatly admired his oratory and couldn't help like his character.

ErickMontreal

Aug 2, 2012, 1:53 PM

Copes

Aug 2, 2012, 2:04 PM

We have a Terry Fox memorial in St. John's as well, down by the harbourfront where he started his run:

By Flickr user Vicky-TH:
http://i47.tinypic.com/2e30kd2.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/taylorhood/7115289129/sizes/l/in/photostream/

I like the set-up but I'm not especially fond of the statue. It's a little too PedoBear.

My girlfriend's mother was instrumental in getting this installed, from what I understand. Apparently she knew Terry, and spent some time with him the day before he started his run. Very cool stuff. It's a significant upgrade from what was here a year or two ago, with only a small monument marking the starting point of his run. My understanding is that the statue is right where he dipped his leg in the Atlantic before beginning.

It's neat to see the various Terry Fox statues across Canada. I especially like the photo you posted.

Also, hard to see in the photo, but our statue has two small containers of water at the base. One from the Pacific and one from the Atlantic.

Martin Mtl

Aug 2, 2012, 3:06 PM

This is the new sculptures "garden" of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8287/7697762280_336f4bd021_b.jpg
By stephensweeney on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/54270613@N04/7697762280/sizes/l/in/photostream/)

flar

Aug 2, 2012, 3:36 PM

As the National Capital, Ottawa has many statues and works of art, which many people have seen.

There are a surprising number of statues, monuments and works of art in Hamilton that probably nobody has seen. Here are a few:

Courage, Hope and Dreams, Immigration Square, Hamilton
http://www.metroperspectives.com/img/v23/p711634602-5.jpg

Migration, City Hall, Hamilton
http://www.metroperspectives.com/img/v29/p731445704-5.jpg

United Empire Loyalists, McMaster University Downtown Centre
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/hamilton2009/00345.jpg

Day of Mourning, City Hall, Hamilton
Dedicated to those workers who have been killed, injured, or have suffered occupation illness at work
http://www.metroperspectives.com/img/v33/p783696985-5.jpg

Touchdown, Canadian Football Hall of Fame, Hamilton
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/hamilton_march/00082.jpg

Weird bike on James North:
http://www.metroperspectives.com/img/v19/p624503528-5.jpg

Battlefield Monument (1913), Battlefield Park, Stoney Creek
Commemorating 100 years of peace between Canada and the US
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/stoneycreek08/00013.jpg

Man Releasing Eagles, McMaster University, Hamilton
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/mcmaster/00027.jpg

Centropolis

Aug 2, 2012, 5:47 PM

http://www.metroperspectives.com/img/v33/p783696985-5.jpg
http://www.metroperspectives.com/img/v33/p783696985-5.jpg

This freaks me out!

flar

Aug 2, 2012, 6:48 PM

^^When I first saw the headless statue, I thought someone had vandalized it (a la Jebediah Springfield)

harls

Aug 2, 2012, 7:24 PM

I like the Colonel By Statue in Major's Hill Park, Ottawa. He looks over the Rideau Canal (which was his baby) and Parliament Hill.

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2006/3541377572_517e1ccd33.jpg
by me.

There's also another couple of statues in Ottawa with an archer at one end of a plaza, and a deer at the other.. I think it's on O'Connor or something. If you have a camera you can line them both up rather nicely.

niccanning

Aug 2, 2012, 7:46 PM

Darkoshvilli

Aug 2, 2012, 10:42 PM

I like Nelson's column at place jacques cartier just because of how old it is. 203 years, to be exact. The original statue that stood top the column was removed in 1997 and placed in a museum for preservation.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Nelson_Column%2C_Montreal_2005-10-21.JPG
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson%27s_Column,_Montreal

Rico Rommheim

Aug 2, 2012, 10:50 PM

Centropolis

Aug 3, 2012, 12:17 AM

damn that's impressive. montreal never stops impressing.

lake of the nations

Aug 3, 2012, 1:55 AM

Downtown Sherbrooke is home to a great collection of murals.

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/28529_120438614642964_2332610_n.jpg
MURIRS, les murales de Sherbrooke (http://www.facebook.com/pages/MURIRS-les-murales-de-Sherbrooke/120433667976792)

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/28529_120443224642503_1458556_n.jpg
MURIRS, les murales de Sherbrooke (http://www.facebook.com/pages/MURIRS-les-murales-de-Sherbrooke/120433667976792)

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/28529_120444471309045_2040073_n.jpg
MURIRS, les murales de Sherbrooke (http://www.facebook.com/pages/MURIRS-les-murales-de-Sherbrooke/120433667976792)

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/28529_120446297975529_7760165_n.jpg
MURIRS, les murales de Sherbrooke (http://www.facebook.com/pages/MURIRS-les-murales-de-Sherbrooke/120433667976792)

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/28529_120448427975316_106460_n.jpg
MURIRS, les murales de Sherbrooke (http://www.facebook.com/pages/MURIRS-les-murales-de-Sherbrooke/120433667976792)

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/73748_162167537136738_470568_n.jpg
MURIRS, les murales de Sherbrooke (http://www.facebook.com/pages/MURIRS-les-murales-de-Sherbrooke/120433667976792)

Rusty van Reddick

Aug 3, 2012, 6:39 AM

MY GOD these are incredible- every single one. I love public art.

It's not a sculpture, but in Canmore Alberta is a poem along a sidewalk that I hope people bother to read, because it's beautiful:

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-hNUBJg_fUoA/So3DThWsvqI/AAAAAAAADQE/5bW1Zf-PQQQ/s1148/IMG_1182.JPG
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7nxYZzZFUOI/So3DV__MR9I/AAAAAAAADQI/vtknSoOwT0U/s1148/IMG_1183.JPG
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Hv6uoUwBBew/So3DYVKgkkI/AAAAAAAADQM/TxKNzSNgTnc/s1148/IMG_1184.JPG

The_Architect

Aug 3, 2012, 9:30 AM

Downtown Sherbrooke is home to a great collection of murals.

Those remind me of the one on the back of the Gooderham (Flatiron) Building:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uIyNu0l6RXc/TAlTFQTX2bI/AAAAAAAABMs/WrfhYKiE8hc/s1600/IMG_8710.JPG

MolsonExport

Aug 3, 2012, 1:12 PM

It doesn't get any better than the public art ("Agora") of Viger Square, the epitome of Montreal elegance:
http://grandquebec.com/upl-files/parc_viger.JPG
grandquebec.com

Darkoshvilli

Aug 3, 2012, 1:33 PM

That should be kept a secret, molson. ^^

SignalHillHiker

Aug 3, 2012, 1:37 PM

I LOVE murals on the sides of buildings like that. It's so European and beautiful.

St. John's has a lot of murals but they're mostly on retaining walls. This is one of my favourites. It goes on forever - at least a full city block:

http://i45.tinypic.com/ff6zk9.jpg

And I also love the ones in the Battery. They're adorable:

http://i45.tinypic.com/2i8gpa8.jpg

(As an aside, this scene depicts the root of a Newfoundland expression. Most of the laborious, onshore work related to the fishery fell to poor, rural women. Urban women, even the poorest among them, would be too ashamed to be caught doing this: laying out cod fillets to be salted and dried on wooden platforms called flakes. If a man in Newfoundland wanted to convey that his wife wasn't very cosmopolitan, he could say, "I got her straight off the fish flakes." - it's something like calling her a hick, but that doesn't imply the same things here as it does elsewhere. There's a hint of implied ignorance, but certainly not of stupidity. And it also implies that she's very likely to be stubborn, opinionated, physically strong, and probably, in many ways, wears the pants in the relationship.)

davidivivid

Aug 3, 2012, 2:50 PM

There is a plethora of public art in Quebec City but one of my favourite is La Vivrière, a statue/fountain which represents the bow of a ship, bringing food from all over the world. It was put in place to commemorate the foundation of the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organisation in Quebec City in 1945.

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2712/4117317349_56f8a5fba3_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/quebecregion/4117317349/)
Place de la FAO au Vieux-Port de Québec (http://www.flickr.com/photos/quebecregion/4117317349/) par Quebecregion (http://www.flickr.com/people/quebecregion/), sur Flickr

http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1369/978485458_527a0a655f_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotoproze/978485458/)
St-Paul and St-Pierre C20070728 048 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotoproze/978485458/) par fotoproze (http://www.flickr.com/people/fotoproze/), sur Flickr

SignalHillHiker

Aug 3, 2012, 3:04 PM

^ I love that!

I saw a picture of a fountain somewhere (not in Canada, I believe, looked tropical). There was the metal frame of a sailboat and the water jets flowing out of the metal masts formed the sails. Beautiful.

O-tacular

Aug 3, 2012, 3:49 PM

Some of my faves from Calgary:

Calgary Root. One of Torode's last gifts to the city before his company imploded.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3366/3558182270_23775f814e_z.jpg?zz=1

The Prairie Chicken at the U of C has always held a fond place in my heart.
http://bigvinnysd.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/dsc_5449.jpg

Another gift from Torode: Light the Universe and Everything by Jeff DeBoer.
http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1077/3264747183_7d7d221197_z.jpg

Martin Mtl

Aug 3, 2012, 5:55 PM

I don't know if we can consider it a piece of "art", but, in any case, the clock of the Old Seminary (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vieux_Séminaire_de_Saint-Sulpice) in Old Montreal is the oldest "public clock" in North America. It was install in 1701 (the building itself was build in 1684/87).

http://www.vieux.montreal.qc.ca/inventaire/illus/0040-32-7223-01-03.jpg
Source (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vieux_Séminaire_de_Saint-Sulpice)

My pic from two weeks ago. The clock is being restored.

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/144960078.jpg

MTLskyline

Aug 3, 2012, 6:25 PM

Martin Mtl

Aug 3, 2012, 7:52 PM

^Incredible that this was built when Louis XIV was king.

There is actually not as much French regime architecture in Montreal as people think there is. Even most of Old Montreal only dates from the 19th century.

That said, the architectural style of New France continued after the conquest, to a certain extent, until the mid 19th century, when British styles became more prevalent.

But the island and its surrounding still has a remarkable amount of buildings from the french regime, but mostly churches and rural houses. In old Montreal, what remains is still beautiful (Château de Ramezay, Maison Papineau, among others).

Some other monuments of Old Montreal that are worth mentioning (along the above mentioned Nelson monument)

The obelisk (http://www.vieux.montreal.qc.ca/inventaire/fiches/fiche_art.php?id=3) of Place d'Youville installed in 1893:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Plyouville1.JPG
Source (http://www.vieux.montreal.qc.ca/inventaire/fiches/rech_art.php)

The monument in honor of Paul de Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve (founder of the city) from 1895 in the Place d'Armes:

http://www.vieux.montreal.qc.ca/inventaire/icono/grande/oa_4-03.jpg
Source (http://www.vieux.montreal.qc.ca/inventaire/fiches/rech_art.php)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7232/7227071804_08458ce6fe_b.jpg
By riccpics on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/riccpics/7227071804/sizes/l/in/photostream/)

The monument in honor of John Young from 1908:

http://www.vieux.montreal.qc.ca/inventaire/icono/grande/oa_5-01.jpg
Source (http://www.vieux.montreal.qc.ca/inventaire/fiches/rech_art.php)

http://www.imtl.org/image/big/_MG_3196.jpg
Source (http://www.imtl.org/image/big/_MG_3196.jpg)

davidivivid

Aug 3, 2012, 8:21 PM

Tourny fountain: built in Val d'Osne in 1854, won a gold medal at the Paris International Exhibition in 1855 and was installed in Bordeaux with its sister fountain in 1857. Was a gift from the Simons family to the City of Quebec prior to its 400th anniversary.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ij0DD5Bgfds/SsFshBItdBI/AAAAAAAAAl0/hVovDUipYbg/s1600/DSC_6435_DxO++copie.jpg
http://patrickblouinphotographeamateur.blogspot.ca/2009/09/fontaine-de-tourny-quebec.html

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ij0DD5Bgfds/SsFtSjiUUJI/AAAAAAAAAmc/-5I-WyriPvI/s1600/DSC_6396_DxO++copie.jpg
http://patrickblouinphotographeamateur.blogspot.ca/2009/09/fontaine-de-tourny-quebec.html

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2548/4028154096_6b8873ff9f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lecabri/4028154096/)
Tourny et le parlement (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lecabri/4028154096/) par le cabri (http://www.flickr.com/people/lecabri/), sur Flickr

http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1320/757467275_36b1314e1f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/patrickmatte/757467275/)
Fontaine de Tourny et Édifice Price (http://www.flickr.com/photos/patrickmatte/757467275/) par Patrick Matte (http://www.flickr.com/people/patrickmatte/), sur Flickr

MolsonExport

Aug 3, 2012, 8:30 PM

These monuments are killing me with their awesomeness.

davidivivid

Aug 3, 2012, 8:47 PM

These monuments are killing me with their awesomeness.

Agreed!! Great pics all around!

Halt in the forest (1889) : Abénaquis family statue, one of 26 bronze statues adorning the facade of the Parlement building in Quebec City.

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4112/5124455445_a231ddbf6b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicolasgrevet/5124455445/)
Statue représentant les amérindiens devant l'Hôtel du Parlement de Québec (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicolasgrevet/5124455445/) par Nicolas Grevet (http://www.flickr.com/people/nicolasgrevet/), sur Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3007/5815559404_b1ea620f27_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrthibault/5815559404/)
P1100029 «La halte dans la forêt» et «Le pêcheur à la nigogue», oeuvres du sculpteur Louis-Philippe Hébert (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrthibault/5815559404/) par Jean Robert Thibault (http://www.flickr.com/people/jrthibault/), sur Flickr

MonctonRad

Aug 4, 2012, 1:17 AM

Excellent thread!

There is a tremendous variety of public art and statuary throughout the country.

I'll take a few more pics around Charlottetown & Moncton this week and (hopefully) post them.

Robertpuant

Aug 4, 2012, 1:43 AM

Depending on your state of mind, this is a good one to stumble upon late at night.

The eye:

http://www.canadianart.ca/online/reviews/2011/10/12/mmfa_img55.jpg

someone123

Aug 4, 2012, 3:32 AM

The Gibbroni

Aug 4, 2012, 5:48 AM

Somebody a blog here with about 30 statues and monuments in Halifax and the stories behind them: http://epterranova.blogspot.ca/search/label/HRM%20Monument

There are a lot of interesting ones. For example, one is part of the anchor shaft from the S. S. Mont Blanc that was blown over 2 miles in the air when the ship exploded. Another one's the anchor from the Bonaventure, one of Canada's aircraft carriers.

There are a couple of old public clocks in Halifax as well. The Town Clock is the most famous and it still has the original mechanism from 1802. The naval clock on the waterfront was made in the 1760's but it's just the clock itself -- the tower was most likely torn down during WWII along with the other 18th century dockyard structures.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3250/2730588485_b466fbffdf_o.png
(image is mine)

I love Hali, it's my second home in Canada, and I walked by that clock about a million times! The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is a must-see as well as Pier 21 and of course, the Citadel. (although I worked a lobster festival there that turned me off both lobster and the Citadel for a number of years!)

On a side note: since you mentioned the Bonaventure- the Sea King helicopters on Bonaventure (ship was decommissioned in 1970) are the same helicopters that we are still using today! They were new, then. Also, the Maritime Command Museum is an absolute tragedy and embarrassment. Not the fault of Halifax, but of DND. Poorly curated and full of dusty, half-completed exhibits.. you leave feeling even sadder than when you were inside knowing that the place operates under zero-budget conditions and only due to the to the efforts of a few, octogenarian volunteers. Don't EVER send tourists to that museum.

I doubt that the 18,000 desk generals who work at DND in Ottawa (who comprise about a third of our armed forces) have ever heard of either the Bonaventure or the Maritime Command Museum (too busy ordering second hand submarines with faulty screen doors) but they should, at least, be made aware. Maybe retire a few and turn their salaries over to the museum. Retiring one would give the museum a decent operating budget.

The Gibbroni

Aug 4, 2012, 6:35 AM

Agreed!! Great pics all around!

Halt in the forest (1889) : Abénaquis family statue, one of 26 bronze statues adorning the facade of the Parlement building in Quebec City.

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4112/5124455445_a231ddbf6b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicolasgrevet/5124455445/)
Statue représentant les amérindiens devant l'Hôtel du Parlement de Québec (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicolasgrevet/5124455445/) par Nicolas Grevet (http://www.flickr.com/people/nicolasgrevet/), sur Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3007/5815559404_b1ea620f27_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrthibault/5815559404/)
P1100029 «La halte dans la forêt» et «Le pêcheur à la nigogue», oeuvres du sculpteur Louis-Philippe Hébert (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrthibault/5815559404/) par Jean Robert Thibault (http://www.flickr.com/people/jrthibault/), sur Flickr

The Parliament is beautiful! The exterior is amazing enough but the interior... WOW! I went on a tour when I first moved to Québec and the 2 chambers.. never seen anything like that in North America. If you're in QC, go see it!

someone123

Aug 4, 2012, 7:01 AM

Also, the Maritime Command Museum is an absolute tragedy and embarrassment.

There's a lot to say about this. Canadians don't appreciate their heritage very much. They're also parochial, and there's no national mythos like what you find in the US (that's good and bad I guess), so the East Coast stuff has been shuffled out at the Ontario and Western Canada stuff has been shuffled in to suit current tastes. Regardless of their historical importance, Canadians don't know about Acadia, Port Royal, Halifax, and Louisbourg really. The "burning down the White House" stuff is presented in an abstract way. I don't think many people know that the general who led that attack was buried in Halifax in 1814 -- his tombstone is still there.

I won't name names but I see regular claims here, when it comes up, that the historic buildings in Halifax are about on par with smaller Ontario cities (sometimes you hear the variant that Montreal is about the same as Toronto because there isn't much old stuff anyway).

It does seem to be getting better, but I think the real reason for that is increased local spending on maintenance of historic buildings and public spaces. Luckily in Halifax the number of old buildings is staying about the same but the city is growing so there's more and more money available to preserve stuff.

Saint John similarly has not really been preserved as it ought to have been. No local money, no preservation. Quebec City luckily is the capital of a major province and closer to the bigger tourism markets. Montreal is too big to be propped up in the same way and it has not done particularly well given what it started out with. A lot of the Montreal buildings don't fit into the cutesy pioneer image of Canada's past so they don't register as heritage in the same way the little cottages do.

The Gibbroni

Aug 4, 2012, 8:27 AM

There's a lot to say about this. Canadians don't appreciate their heritage very much. They're also parochial, and there's no national mythos like what you find in the US (that's good and bad I guess), so the East Coast stuff has been shuffled out at the Ontario and Western Canada stuff has been shuffled in to suit current tastes. Regardless of their historical importance, Canadians don't know about Acadia, Port Royal, Halifax, and Louisbourg really. The "burning down the White House" stuff is presented in an abstract way. I don't think many people know that the general who led that attack was buried in Halifax in 1814 -- his tombstone is still there.

I won't name names but I see regular claims here, when it comes up, that the historic buildings in Halifax are about on par with smaller Ontario cities (sometimes you hear the variant that Montreal is about the same as Toronto because there isn't much old stuff anyway).

It does seem to be getting better, but I think the real reason for that is increased local spending on maintenance of historic buildings and public spaces. Luckily in Halifax the number of old buildings is staying about the same but the city is growing so there's more and more money available to preserve stuff.

Saint John similarly has not really been preserved as it ought to have been. No local money, no preservation. Quebec City luckily is the capital of a major province and closer to the bigger tourism markets. Montreal is too big to be propped up in the same way and it has not done particularly well given what it started out with. A lot of the Montreal buildings don't fit into the cutesy pioneer image of Canada's past so they don't register as heritage in the same way the little cottages do.

The problem, as I see it, is that so many discount, or ignore completely, the role of Atlantic Canada in the history of this country. I have to admit that when I moved from London ON to Halifax, I didn't have much of a concept as to what the Maritimes were all about. I had just heard that Halifax was 'cool' and it was the only part of the country that I hadn't yet lived in so...

It wasn't until I'd lived there for a bit that I realized how deeply rooted the people were; how old the place really was, how close you could feel to all of that history. Truly amazing! And Newfoundland... well... You literally feel as if you're living in the end of the world, and in a sense (so far as the ROC is concerned), you are!

Unfortunately, the small population makes it (Atlantic Canada) almost irrelevant when it comes to federal elections. The vast majority of Canadians have never been there; will never go there, and are comfortable thinking that it's some sort of basket case bastion of lazy people with no ambition. Far from it! Maritimers will go to extraordinary lengths NOT to leave, and I understand why, after living there, why they fight so hard to stay- despite the economic hardships and (yes) the raw deal that the region has historically received from Upper and Lower Canada.

If I were to be suddenly banished for life to the Maritimes my reaction would be "WOO HOO!" Thank you lawyer!

As far as historical preservation goes, Halifax has done much better than most places in Canada, a little worse than some others. The Maritime Command Museum fail is completely the fault of DND and the federal government. Ottawa is far from the 'end of the continent' and DND is probably the most useless of all our federal bureaucracies.

Oh and BTW, have you ever heard the outrage over the fact that PEI has four seats when in actual, bean-counter fact, they only deserve one? I mean, really...

SignalHillHiker

Aug 4, 2012, 11:10 AM

The problem, as I see it, is that so many discount, or ignore completely, the role of Atlantic Canada in the history of this country.

I think it was inevitable that our history became less important because Atlantic Canada failed to remain the dominant region in the country. There was a time when cities in Atlantic Canada were much larger and more powerful than cities elsewhere in what is now Canada; a time when someone could leave what is now Toronto and marvel at the size and sophistication of St. John's. Just imagine that, hahaha. Obviously, that isn't the case today.

If we had developed in a similar way to the United States - if St. John's was Canada's Boston, if Halifax was Canada's New York City, if the rest of the Maritimes was densely populated like the northeast United States... it'd be different today. Southern Ontario could be the equivalent of our fly-over states, who knows.

But, as it is, I'm kind of glad it went the way it did. I'd much rather have a smaller, well-preserved, beautifully historic St. John's than a large, modern city.

Acajack

Aug 4, 2012, 11:23 AM

Good points in the last few posts.

Unlike most other countries we also don't have a national historical narrative supported by popular books, movies, TV and even mandatory history classes (in some provinces anyway) to support a cross-country appreciation for the heritage of our older regions and their contribution to the building of the country. Or to even consider them interesting places to learn about or visit.

someone123

Aug 4, 2012, 7:19 PM

Unlike most other countries we also don't have a national historical narrative supported by popular books, movies, TV and even mandatory history classes (in some provinces anyway) to support a cross-country appreciation for the heritage of our older regions and their contribution to the building of the country. Or to even consider them interesting places to learn about or visit.

Unfortunately even when there is a popular CBC history documentary or something it tends to display the same bias. Atlantic Canada is footnotes about fishermen. The amount of attention a place gets seems proportional to its population today, not how important it was back at the time in question. That's just a bad, misleading way to present history. Imagine a history of Europe that omitted ancient Greece and talked about Celts in 600 B.C. as if the world revolved around them.

Here's Jefferson's original "mere matter of marching" quote about invading Canada. I've only heard the first part quoted:

"The acquisition of Canada this year, as far as the neighborhood of Quebec, will be a mere matter of marching, and will give us the experience for the attack on Halifax, the next and final expulsion of England from the American continent."

davidivivid

Aug 5, 2012, 2:56 AM

I really love both of our Joan of Arc statues because they are so different. The first statue is situated in the park which bears her name: the horse is nervous, she is standing up-right with her sword in the air. She is going to battle. It was offered to the city by a anonymous american couple who fell in love with the city.

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6074/6059569467_7c63da88b8_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/17903031@N00/6059569467/)
Joan of Arc Gardens - Quebec City - Quebec030 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/17903031@N00/6059569467/) par Bruce Aleksander & Dennis Milam (http://www.flickr.com/people/17903031@N00/), sur Flickr

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2303/2253683483_007fac1cf0_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/8561740@N08/2253683483/)
Joan of Arc statue (http://www.flickr.com/photos/8561740@N08/2253683483/) par wandering tattler (http://www.flickr.com/people/8561740@N08/), sur Flickr

http://farm1.staticflickr.com/100/274278217_e82e61f68e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/djof/274278217/)
Profil de Jeanne à Québec (http://www.flickr.com/photos/djof/274278217/) par Djof (http://www.flickr.com/people/djof/), sur Flickr

If the first statue is somewhat known in Quebec City, the existence of the second one is known only by a few people: it was commissioned by the Saint Joan of Arc sisters and it stands on the private grounds of the sisterhood in Sillery. She is still on a horse but her sword is down and she holds a flag in her other arm: she is returning from battle and is victorious.

http://farm8.static.flickr.com/7031/6656339943_5283bf4a4d_z.jpg

http://farm8.static.flickr.com/7163/6656340331_82b44e685c_z.jpg

http://farm8.static.flickr.com/7020/6656348239_ea93d86b83_z.jpg

http://farm8.static.flickr.com/7016/6656342089_9ca60e949a_z.jpg
http://flickrtab.com/site/setsphotos.php?id=100002187400917&fsetid=72157628768678467&fsetname=Personnages+et+d%C3%A9tails+du+monument+Sainte-Jeanne+d%27Arc+%28Sillery%29+Qu%C3%A9bec+-+Canada&fdesc=

Keeping up with the theme of historical figures on horses: here is the Simón Bolívar monument, situated in the Latin America Park and offered to Quebec City by the Republic of Venezuela to commemorate the 200th anniversary of their hero.

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2529/3975749753_316fa40a5c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/merubix/3975749753/)
Quebec City, Simon Bolivar and the Colombian Flag (http://www.flickr.com/photos/merubix/3975749753/) par a.w.e.s.o.m.e (http://www.flickr.com/people/merubix/), sur Flickr

Finally, this is the somewhat underwhelming Latin America Park. The Simón Bolívar monument is located on the left, the Bernardo O'Higgins monument (Chilean independance hero) is located on the right and the city's modern law court is front and center.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3130/2719637139_79337a326d_b.jpg
http://www.capitale.gouv.qc.ca/realisations/parcs-espaces-verts/parc-de-l-amerique-latine.html

Rico Rommheim

Aug 5, 2012, 5:30 AM

Whoa I had no idea, nice monuments and urban spaces in Quebec city. A city truly under appreciated in Montreal, and especially in Canada.

The Gibbroni

Aug 5, 2012, 8:58 AM

I really like this fountain/sculpture combo in Centre de Commerce Mondial. The fountain is a black marble tabletop and the water is virtually invisible. The sculpture is of Amphitrite, consort of Poseidon, and it dates back to mid-18th century France.

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii68/Habfanman/Quartier%20International/Centre%20du%20Commerce%20Mondial/IMG_7433QI.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii68/Habfanman/Quartier%20International/Centre%20du%20Commerce%20Mondial/IMG_7446QI.jpg

The Gibbroni

Aug 5, 2012, 9:18 AM

This statue/fountain is of Maisonneuve, first governor of Montréal in 1642. It was erected in (newly renovated) Place d'Armes in 1895. (oops! As martin has already indicated!)

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii68/Habfanman/Vieux%20Montreal/Place%20dArmes%2027-10-11/ME0007.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii68/Habfanman/Vieux%20Montreal/Place%20dArmes%2027-10-11/ME0011.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii68/Habfanman/Vieux%20Montreal/Place%20dArmes%2027-10-11/ME0016.jpg

During Christmas
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii68/Habfanman/Vieux%20Montreal/Vieux%202011/IMG_0999Vieux.jpg

Spring2008

Aug 5, 2012, 6:31 PM

This one always catches my eye:
http://www.avenuecalgary.com/files/articles/horn2.jpg
http://www.avenuecalgary.com/blogs/object-of-design-weaving-fence-horn-public-art

Jamieson Place Tower in Calgary. There are a few of these hanging from the roof next to the winter gardens:
http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4018/4545811532_36ef4b4517_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14980862@N03/4545811532/

Hanging Lobby Pieces at Jamieson:
http://heathofee.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Jamieson-Place.jpg
http://heathofee.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Jamieson-Place.jpg
http://www.art-agenda.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/wpid-1268332074image_mail1.jpg
http://www.art-agenda.com/shows/permanent-installation-of-dennis-oppenheims-pathways-to-everywhere-in-calgary-canada/

Sculpture at BP, next to Jamieson Place.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3360/3337301634_1d4356b49a_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/singlemoment/3337301634/

Plensa Head sculpture at the Bow. There will also be a smaller piece to go along with this 12m sculpture. Both pieces are currently under construction, and should be completed by the fall.
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/6906770.bin
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/public+includes+metre+wire+mesh+head/6906711/story.html

Also, there has been two recent announcements about art competitions for pieces at LeGermain and for Brad Lamb's 6th and 10th site.

vanman

Aug 5, 2012, 10:25 PM

Montreal and Quebec City have some extremely impressive monuments, statues and fountains.

davidivivid

Aug 6, 2012, 5:02 PM

Montreal and Quebec City have some extremely impressive monuments, statues and fountains.

Whoa I had no idea, nice monuments and urban spaces in Quebec city. A city truly under appreciated in Montreal, and especially in Canada.

:cheers: Agreed!

Here are some of the more prominent "classical" monuments in Quebec City:

Background for the first two pictures: the Battle of Quebec fought on the Plains of Abraham in 1759 wasn't the only major battle fought in Quebec around that time. A second battle happened in 1760 in Ste-Foy. The French actually won this battle but they weren't able to take back the city because of its walls. The site of this second battle has been transformed into a park and is under the jurisdiction of the National Battleground Commission. It is called Park of the Braves and it seems the French prefer to remember this battle for some reason ;) : the French consulate is situated nearby and the statue in the following pictures was offered by Napoleon Bonaparte's nephew.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6174/6175291205_c76bf32f4e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidivivid/6175291205/)
Parc des Braves (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidivivid/6175291205/) par davidivivid (http://www.flickr.com/people/davidivivid/), sur Flickr

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6174/6175817390_3fd706dabd_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidivivid/6175817390/)
Parc des Braves (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidivivid/6175817390/) par davidivivid (http://www.flickr.com/people/davidivivid/), sur Flickr

Honoré Mercier monument - 1912

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2616/3827796846_c8895ef4c8_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tacorebellion/3827796846/)
Quebec City, Quebec (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tacorebellion/3827796846/) par tacorebellion (http://www.flickr.com/people/tacorebellion/), sur Flickr

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6010/5903654360_fdc2c4d42b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/eikona_g/5903654360/)
Statue Gathering (http://www.flickr.com/photos/eikona_g/5903654360/) par eikona.g (http://www.flickr.com/people/eikona_g/), sur Flickr

The hugely impressive Samuel de Champlain Monument, unveiled in 1898, is perhaps the most well known monument in the city.

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2666/3969866214_ca1830c854_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/eraserhead1/3969866214/)
Statue, Quebec City (http://www.flickr.com/photos/eraserhead1/3969866214/) par MatthewHutton1 (http://www.flickr.com/people/eraserhead1/), sur Flickr

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2629/3867076366_677e6ca355_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ewillett/3867076366/)
Statue of Champlain, Quebec City (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ewillett/3867076366/) par Edward Willett (http://www.flickr.com/people/ewillett/), sur Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3263/2820464988_ee19198069_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26568276@N06/2820464988/)
Samuel de Champlain Statue (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26568276@N06/2820464988/) par John F. T. (http://www.flickr.com/people/26568276@N06/), sur Flickr

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2415/2517793266_b5016b28a6_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alex_ferguson/2517793266/)
Ville de Québec (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alex_ferguson/2517793266/) par alex_ferguson (http://www.flickr.com/people/alex_ferguson/), sur Flickr

Confucius monument, offered to Quebec City by the chinese province of Shandog in 2008, as a symbol of friendship between the to Provinces.

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4033/4283853680_95aeb16a7a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dougtanner/4283853680/)
Cold Statue (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dougtanner/4283853680/) par Doug Tanner (http://www.flickr.com/people/dougtanner/), sur Flickr

Monument of the Fate - 1916

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6204/6050355334_6f05a7c81f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/13363567@N08/6050355334/)
DSC_3842E_Statue-Upper old Quebec City (http://www.flickr.com/photos/13363567@N08/6050355334/) par Maurice P. (http://www.flickr.com/people/13363567@N08/), sur Flickr

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4019/4663935712_3461da1a4d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomtom78/4663935712/)
Québec - Fontaine Gothique (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomtom78/4663935712/) par TomTom78_fr (http://www.flickr.com/people/tomtom78/), sur Flickr

Monument de Mgr de Laval - 1908

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3244/2612384159_8f83a5a8a1_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonathanziapour/2612384159/)
Quebec City (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonathanziapour/2612384159/) par Jonathan Ziapour (http://www.flickr.com/people/jonathanziapour/), sur Flickr

http://farm1.staticflickr.com/114/279777935_edb61cf7ec_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kadj/279777935/)
A Bishop's Statue (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kadj/279777935/) par kadj (http://www.flickr.com/people/kadj/), sur Flickr

Monument de Tashereau – 1926

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7034/6787137429_db1b8af192_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/halas/6787137429/)
Taschereau Monument (http://www.flickr.com/photos/halas/6787137429/) par D. S. Hałas (http://www.flickr.com/people/halas/), sur Flickr

Monument de Montcalm - 1911

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2344/2329767002_93c9c9667d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/capitalenationale/2329767002/)
Le monument Montcalm (http://www.flickr.com/photos/capitalenationale/2329767002/) par CCNQ (http://www.flickr.com/people/capitalenationale/), sur Flickr

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5006/5218814529_c035c50c98_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jgagne/5218814529/)
Monument de Montcalm (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jgagne/5218814529/) par Love Joyce (http://www.flickr.com/people/jgagne/), sur Flickr

Monument F.X. Garneau – 1912

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6137/5983092691_7b44bd606a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexabboud/5983092691/)
Garneau (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexabboud/5983092691/) par alexabboud (http://www.flickr.com/people/alexabboud/), sur Flickr

http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1277/1251403427_9232fc96ee_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/54008020@N00/1251403427/)
Quebec 08.13.07 12.03 IMG_5231 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/54008020@N00/1251403427/) par PabsV (http://www.flickr.com/people/54008020@N00/), sur Flickr

Monument de la Guerre des Boers - 1905

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2274/1526525568_2b726f05a3_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/peregrinari/1526525568/)
DSCF6214 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/peregrinari/1526525568/) par peregrinari (http://www.flickr.com/people/peregrinari/), sur Flickr

Short and Wallick monument - 1891. The women represents Quebec City, thankful to the two brave soldiers who died during the great fire of 1889 trying to blow up a house to stop the propagation of the fire.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BJ7ZrrhiWpM/UB6ceDMhblI/AAAAAAAABss/Ps5sGU9ziyo/s1600/P7200005.JPG
http://claudeyvonne.blogspot.ca/2009_07_01_archive.html

Acajack

Aug 6, 2012, 5:27 PM

Jamieson Place Tower in Calgary. There are a few of these hanging from the roof next to the winter gardens:
http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4018/4545811532_36ef4b4517_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14980862@N03/4545811532/

I knew this reminded of something! There are a bunch of these in the lobby of the Hilton Lac-Leamy hotel at the casino and entertainment complex in Gatineau. They are by Dale Chihuly - I looked that one up.

Spring2008

Aug 6, 2012, 6:15 PM

Montreal and Quebec City have some extremely impressive monuments, statues and fountains.
^Excited to check out some of this art in person really soon for a few days on my pre-Euro mini trip to Montreal.:yes:

A couple more newer pieces in Calgary:
By the Banks of The Bow. Part of a 15 horse piece on the Stampede grounds:
http://img.groundspeak.com/waymarking/large/4d2bc229-c9f0-4e1e-9b36-1aeeccdf8e9a.jpg

http://www.waymarking.com/gallery/image.aspx?f=1&guid=2f3fbb5a-a541-4d09-a48c-25b4d3f0708d

East Village's first art piece. A video display of people in constant motion. A tribute to what will most likely become Calgary's most compact, walkable neighborhood?..
http://www.canadianart.ca/online/features/2012/04/25/julianopie1-1000.jpg

http://www.canadianart.ca/online/features/2012/04/25/julianopie2-448.jpg

http://www.canadianart.ca/online/features/2012/04/26/julian-opie-a-new-calgary-stroll/

Spring2008

Aug 6, 2012, 7:07 PM

Couple more from Calgary-->
Chess Player:
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6185/6065915576_8e5817d2a0_z.jpg
[URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23374848@N06/6065915576/sizes/l/in/photostream/"]http://www.flickr.com/photos/23374848@N06/6065915576/sizes/l/in/photostream/[/URL

Horse Sculpture close to the Calgary tower:
http://www.centrecitytalk.com/photos/centre_city_images/calgary_public_art_metal_horse_11_sept_2.jpg
http://www.centrecitytalk.com/photos/centre_city_images/calgary_public_art_metal_horse_11_sept_2.jpg

MolsonExport

Aug 7, 2012, 1:01 AM

wow, what a treasure trove.

Bluenote

Aug 7, 2012, 6:55 AM

$685000 this cost the city lol. It is pretty huge to be honest and I couldn't get it all in. Oh ya it is in Winnipeg and it is Stainless steel. Has pretty lights at night lol.

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e172/BluenoteGp/sculpture.jpg

O-tacular

Aug 7, 2012, 9:50 PM

SignalHillHiker

Aug 7, 2012, 9:53 PM

Thanks for posting all these, everyone! It's so cool. Even if I visited all of these cities, I'd never see all of these.

I love Monument de Mgr de Laval - 1908. The proportions are beautiful, in my opinion.

davidivivid

Aug 11, 2012, 1:52 AM

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3092/2866022278_c19480471a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/capitalenationale/2866022278/)
Monument Alphonse-et-Dorimène-Desjardins (http://www.flickr.com/photos/capitalenationale/2866022278/) par CCNQ (http://www.flickr.com/people/capitalenationale/), sur Flickr

http://quebecvudusol.allmyblog.com/images/quebecvudusol/1_20110811_160324.jpg
http://quebecvudusol.allmyblog.com/7320-quatuor-d-airain-11-709.html

The Gibbroni

Aug 14, 2012, 7:47 AM

'La Joute' at Place Riopelle (named after the sculptor who created it, Jean-Paul Riopelle). At night, it puts on a show every hour until midnight. Mist rises from the adjacent park and advances on the fountain. After the fountain is completely engulfed in fog it bursts into flames then the water extinguishes the fire. Had to do a lot of shifting around due to the fat-ass tourist family from parts unknown who kept jumping in and out of my shots!

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii68/Habfanman/Quartier%20International/IMG_6058RiopelleQIedit.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii68/Habfanman/Quartier%20International/IMG_6059RiopelleQIedit.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii68/Habfanman/Quartier%20International/IMG_6072RiopelleQIedit.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii68/Habfanman/Quartier%20International/IMG_6087RiopelleQIedit.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii68/Habfanman/Quartier%20International/IMG_6098RiopelleQIedit.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii68/Habfanman/Quartier%20International/IMG_6102RiopelleQIedit.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii68/Habfanman/Quartier%20International/IMG_1096QI260810QIedit3.jpg

The Gibbroni

Aug 14, 2012, 10:12 AM

The (Hector) Guimard metro entrance at Square Victoria. A gift from Paris RATP to commemorate their collaboration on the metro.

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii68/Habfanman/Quartier%20International/IMG_6135RiopelleQIedit.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii68/Habfanman/Quartier%20International/IMG_6142RiopelleQIedit.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii68/Habfanman/Quartier%20International/Square%20Victoria/IMG_6143Riopelle.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii68/Habfanman/Quartier%20International/IMG_6145RiopelleQIedit.jpg

The Gibbroni

Aug 16, 2012, 7:24 AM

I love metro art! It's so easy to ignore because you pass by it every day but if you actually stop and check it out, it's pretty cool. Some stations have specific pieces, others are works in their own right.

I've always planned to make forays to photograph each station but.. a few random shots have all that I have managed:

JeanTalon
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii68/Habfanman/Metro/Jean%20Talon/IMG_8435Metro2.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii68/Habfanman/Metro/Jean%20Talon/IMG_0322Metro4.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii68/Habfanman/Metro/Jean%20Talon/IMG_0329.jpg

Namur
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii68/Habfanman/Metro/Namur/Metro61.jpg

Place des Arts
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii68/Habfanman/Metro/Place%20des%20Arts/IMG_7254.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii68/Habfanman/Metro/Place%20des%20Arts/IMG_1431Champdepixels.jpg

De la Savane
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii68/Habfanman/Metro/De%20la%20Savane/Metro59.jpg

Champ de Mars
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii68/Habfanman/Metro/Champ%20de%20Mars/IMG_7278PlacedesFestivals.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii68/Habfanman/Metro/Champ%20de%20Mars/IMG_7274Metromix.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii68/Habfanman/Metro/Champ%20de%20Mars/IMG_6594MetroCdM.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii68/Habfanman/Metro/Champ%20de%20Mars/IMG_6591MetroCdM.jpg

Cote des Neiges
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii68/Habfanman/Metro/Cote%20des%20Neiges/IMG_0490Metro3.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii68/Habfanman/Metro/Cote%20des%20Neiges/IMG_0491Metro3.jpg

Peel
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii68/Habfanman/Metro/Peel/IMG_8936Mondialdelabire.jpg

Langelier
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii68/Habfanman/Metro/Langelier/IMG_0594Metro.jpg

Sherbrooke
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii68/Habfanman/Metro/Sherbrooke/IMG_2270CStL-1.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii68/Habfanman/Metro/Sherbrooke/IMG_0536Metro2.jpg

Ramako

Aug 16, 2012, 12:20 PM

Queen's Park has a lot of nice statues:

Sir John A. Macdonald

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2337/1776380960_c63c03c3ea_b.jpg
By: 松林Ｌ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/axio/) at Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/10014440@N06/1776380960/)

John Graves Simcoe - first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada from 1791–1796, founded York (now Toronto)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/John_Graves_Simcoe_statue_at_Queens_Park.jpg/528px-John_Graves_Simcoe_statue_at_Queens_Park.jpg
By: wikipedia commons (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:John_Graves_Simcoe_statue_at_Queens_Park.jpg)

George Brown

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6114/6337376461_9c3355e913_b.jpg
By: ofermod (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ofermod/) at Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ofermod/6337376461/)

King Edward VII

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7161/6450143369_4d635e7b68_b.jpg
By: agent-i (http://www.flickr.com/photos/agent-i/) at Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/agent-i/6450143369/)

Queen Victoria

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Queen_Victoria_statue_at_Queens_Park%2C_Toronto.jpg/639px-Queen_Victoria_statue_at_Queens_Park%2C_Toronto.jpg
By: wikipedia commons (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Queen_Victoria_statue_at_Queens_Park,_Toronto.jpg)

http://roadstories.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/victoria-statue-queens-park-toronto.jpg
By: roadstories.ca (http://roadstories.ca/victoria-day/)

48th Highlanders Regimental Memorial

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6033/6338133036_a2004ed611_b.jpg
By: ofermod (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ofermod/) at Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ofermod/6338133036/)

The_Architect

Aug 16, 2012, 12:44 PM

^ Love Queen's Park.

My addition, inspired by a recent front page article on Urban Toronto, is the Monument to Multicultiralism, in front of Union Station.

To quote the article:
To mark the importance of the station and the passing of the Canada Act in 1982, the National Congress of Italian Canadians presented the city of Toronto with the Monument to Multiculturalism, the airy statue that now sits in front of Union's imposing columns. Designed by Francesco Perilli atop a base by Nino Rico, the male statue is in the act of joining two meridians, while doves carry the other six towards the centre. It was subsequently replicated in China, Bosnia, Australia and South Africa.

http://urbantoronto.ca/sites/default/files/imagecache/display-default/images/articles/2012/08/6218/urbantoronto-6218-19901.jpg
by someMidTowner at UT.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_HokoSkZjCc/TnkR22ixLnI/AAAAAAAAJ4s/M-a1XssuTTE/s1600/sculpture100_2051.jpg
. (http://torontogp.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/monument-to-multiculturalism-at-union.html)

http://i.imgur.com/Yvm0r.jpg
. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/somecanuckchick/5310819720/)

Ramako

Aug 16, 2012, 12:44 PM

Boer War Memorial

http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1291/1353882238_56906f6df2_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/13127913@N04/1353882238/)
Boer War Memorial, University Ave (http://www.flickr.com/photos/13127913@N04/1353882238/) by pocampo1 (http://www.flickr.com/people/13127913@N04/), on Flickr

(unfortunately the fountain has been out of commission for a few years now)

The city has finally moved its ass and is repairing the fountain as we speak. Completion is expected sometime in the fall.

SignalHillHiker

Aug 16, 2012, 1:04 PM

LOVE your shots, The Gibronni. Brilliant.

And congrats on the fountain getting fixed, TO. That is a beautiful one.

eemy

Aug 16, 2012, 2:54 PM

There is a fantastic website that has information about and history and photos of all the stations in the Montreal Metro. Definitely worth a visit: http://www.metrodemontreal.com/index-e.html

It's pretty well known, so I'm sure everyone is already familiar with it, but I really like the National War Memorial.
http://www.lomasline.ca/warmemorial.gif (http://www.lomasline.ca/Wartime.htm)

davidivivid

Aug 16, 2012, 3:42 PM

Revolutions - Montréal

http://farm1.staticflickr.com/53/185132626_1337223127_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mtlweblog/185132626/)
Révolutions (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mtlweblog/185132626/) par zadcat (http://www.flickr.com/people/mtlweblog/), sur Flickr

SignalHillHiker

Aug 19, 2012, 2:09 PM

Another from St. John's - typical of the cenotaphs throughout the city. There's another, larger one on Military Road not far from here but I find the design of this one to be quite beautiful. It's on a little island in the middle of a... oh, I don't know, maybe 6- or 7-street intersection.

http://i48.tinypic.com/2s0kepg.jpg
Flickr Photo by crobart (http://www.flickr.com/photos/crobart/7755589602/)

whatnext

Aug 19, 2012, 3:52 PM

I'm surprised nobody's nominated A-maze-ing Laughter, the sculpture by Chinese artist Yue Minjun. Part of the Vancouver Biennale, it was recently purchased by Lululemon founder Chip Wilson and given to the city. It sits in the little park just across from English Bay. I found it at a rare moment with nobody around. The best public art it encourages a lot of interaction with the piece.

http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/yy177/Whatnext2010/AmazingLaughter.jpg

SignalHillHiker

Aug 19, 2012, 4:07 PM

^ It made me laugh. Awesome.

O-tacular

Aug 20, 2012, 3:45 PM

Transitstory by Jill Anholt on a C-train platform in Calgary:

http://www.calgary.ca/CSPS/Recreation/PublishingImages/ArtsAndCulture/PublicArt/TransitStory/IMG_5407.jpg

You Need A Thneed

Aug 20, 2012, 4:31 PM

Transitstory is different colours if you look at it from the other way:

Link. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/heavyindustries/6854124414/sizes/o/in/photostream/)

You Need A Thneed

Aug 20, 2012, 4:33 PM

I love this one, near my house in Calgary:

Google Streetview link is all I can find. (http://goo.gl/maps/y14fM)

davidivivid

Aug 20, 2012, 9:12 PM

Some others that I like:

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3065/2591930086_dfe924aaac_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosco-photo/2591930086/)
Playful Statue in Old Québec City (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosco-photo/2591930086/) par rosco-photo (http://www.flickr.com/people/rosco-photo/), sur Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3286/3062427646_f468e38ee6_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/holomama/3062427646/)
IMG_2932 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/holomama/3062427646/) par pjbishop93 (http://www.flickr.com/people/holomama/), sur Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3054/2776580912_8e467843b0_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/blumiethekoala/2776580912/)
Statue (http://www.flickr.com/photos/blumiethekoala/2776580912/) par Blumie the Koala (http://www.flickr.com/people/blumiethekoala/), sur Flickr

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5256/5523915670_c6c1aa546a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/steveritchie/5523915670/)
Teaching hand - Version 2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/steveritchie/5523915670/) par steveritchie (http://www.flickr.com/people/steveritchie/), sur Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8019/7624591364_dd8cb2a6c8_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/abaesel/7624591364/)
Sculpture outside the gardens of Quebec City Hall. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/abaesel/7624591364/) par abaesel (http://www.flickr.com/people/abaesel/), sur Flickr

http://farm1.staticflickr.com/17/20784109_e8e90f371d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/marieguerette/20784109/)
Benjo outside (http://www.flickr.com/photos/marieguerette/20784109/) par Marinee (http://www.flickr.com/people/marieguerette/), sur Flickr

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4111/5205292745_60d610be3e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rdriii/5205292745/)
JPR_0008 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rdriii/5205292745/) par RDRIII (http://www.flickr.com/people/rdriii/), sur Flickr

http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1296/1273568886_58651fe175_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jennipha/1273568886/)
IMG_1100.JPG (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jennipha/1273568886/) par jennipha (http://www.flickr.com/people/jennipha/), sur Flickr

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4133/4963702961_c2cc05ce62_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dczwick/4963702961/)
Musee des Beaux-Arts du Quebec -- Grounds Sculpture (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dczwick/4963702961/) par DCZwick (http://www.flickr.com/people/dczwick/), sur Flickr

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5147/5735610424_3f7fcbc825_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeremieleblond/5735610424/)
Musée des Beaux Arts (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeremieleblond/5735610424/) par Jeremie xJLFx Leblond-Fontaine (http://www.flickr.com/people/jeremieleblond/), sur Flickr