Public Artwork
Monument aux Conférences de Québec
Alternate title:
Monument to the Quebec Conferences
Artwork creator(s):
Nemon, Oscar; Davidson, Jo
Text author(s):
Mackenzie King, William Lyon
Installation year:
1998
Remarks on location:
Monument located at the corner of rue Saint-Louis and Côte de la Citadelle.
Text of the artwork:
Les Conférences de Québec de 1943-1944. En 1943 et 1944, le président des États-Unis Franklin Delano Roosevelt et le premier ministre de Grande-Bretagne Winston Spencer Churchill dirigent à Québec les deux conférences qui déterminèrent l'issue de la deuxième guerre mondiale en Europe et dans le Pacifique. Ne serait-ce pas magnifique si l'Histoire pouvait raconter que c'est à Québec que l'on a assuré la libération de la France?
William Lyon Mackenzie King, premier ministre du Canada. Québec 1943.
Artwork theme:
This Québec City monument commemorates the conferences of 1943 and 1944.
History:
Unveiled in 1998, this Québec City monument commemorates the conferences of 1943 and 1944.
The installation of the Monument aux Conférences de Québec is the result of a partnership between Québec City and the Commission de la capitale nationale du Québec.
Note(s):
The bust of Churchill is the work of Oscar Nemon, a British sculptor born in Croatia. A gift of the Rolls-Royce Company, it is a replica of the bronze statue on display at the Imperial War Museum in London. The bust of Roosevelt is the work of American sculptor Jo Davidson. A gift of the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute, this bronze statue is a replica of the work that was on display at the White House from 1934 to 1965.
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