Les Braves
Emanuel Otto Hahn
This impressive bronze sculpture located in Mercille Park represents a soldier, with six granite plaques around its base.
It was offered to the Ville de Saint-Lambert by General Arthur Currie. The monument initially commemorated the soldiers who lost their lives during World War I. A plaque was added after World War II to commemorate those who died in that war.
This artwork is an important commemoration site in Saint-Lambert in memory of its veterans.
THE ARTIST
This artist of German origin had a prolific career in Canada as a sculptor and engraver/medal maker.
Between 1899 and 1906, M. Hahn studied and fine-tuned his art in both Canada and Germany, where he spent three years. Upon returning to Canada, he worked as a monument designer for the Thomson Monument Company, an association that would span over 40 years.
Starting in 1912, he was also a modelling instructor at the Ontario College of Art, where he served as head of the sculpture department until he retired in 1951.
In 1928, he founded the Sculptors Society of Canada (SSC) together with other sculptors, and was its first president.
Bibliography
- The Canadian Encyclopedia : https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/emanuel-otto-hahn
Factsheet of the work
- Bronze sculpture on a granite base.
