This impressive bronze sculpture located in Mercille Park represents a soldier, with six granite plaques around its base.<\/p>\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n
This artwork is an important commemoration site in Saint-Lambert in memory of its veterans.<\/p>\n\n
THE ARTIST<\/strong><\/p>\n\n This artist of German origin had a prolific career in Canada as a sculptor and engraver\/medal maker.<\/p>\n\n 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.<\/p>\n\n 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.<\/p>\n\n In 1928, he founded the Sculptors Society of Canada (SSC) together with other sculptors, and was its first president.<\/p>\n\nBibliography<\/h2>\n\n