Mural

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Refers to decorations in any medium that dominate a wall (or ceiling) surface; most often refers to works executed on the wall, but may also refer to works done separately and affixed to the wall.

Les beaux rêves

A text for children, translated into Braille, is integrated into a mural. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Goulet, Rose-Marie E.; Guy, Suzanne; Asselin, Francine
Installation year: 
1978

Le poète dans l’univers

Georges Lauda & Paul Pannier, Poète dans l’univers,1968.Georges Lauda & Paul Pannier, Poète dans l’univers,1968.Georges Lauda & Paul Pannier, Poète dans l’univers,1968.
Three major Quebec poets - Émile Nelligan (1879-1941), Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau (1912-1943) and, of course, Octave Crémazie (1827-1879) for whom the metro station was named - are represented by i [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Lauda, Georges; Pannier, Paul
Installation year: 
1968

Bonheur d'occasion

Julie Hébert, Bonheur d’occasion,1976
The colours used are the same as the ones on the large coloured panels of the docks [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Hébert, Julien
Installation year: 
1976

Jour de fête

Nathalie Font, Jour de fête, 1997. © Pascale BeaudetNathalie Font, Jour de fête, 1997. © Pascale Beaudet
Artwork consisting of a photographic montage of painting reproductions that have marked Art History. Placed over two rows, each of the fourteen images is accompanied by a short text. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Font, Nathalie Mercedes
Installation year: 
1997

Les Mots de Sophie

Daniel Dutil, Les Mots de Sophie, 2003. © Éric Gauthier
Wall sculpture occupying an entire wall.  The wall surface is divided in the center by a vertical aluminium rectangle. On each side of this central shape, the wall's concrete slabs are covered wi [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Dutil, Daniel
Installation year: 
2003

La Montée de Saumon

Mural painted on a concrete wall and a triptych consisting of a painting with bas-reliefs. The mural consists of horizontal rectangles, blue wavy forms and stylized fishes that swim along the wall. Th [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Desgagné, Chantale
Installation year: 
1986

Untitled

Marcel Deschênes, Untitled, 1992
Mural embedded into the bump out of a wall and made of stacks of laminated polychromatic wood. According to the artist, the outer edges of the piece, which are painted blue and placed in a such a way [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Deschênes, Marcel
Installation year: 
1992

Ça et là

Barbara Claus, Ça et là, 1999Barbara Claus, Ça et là, 1999. © Barbara ClausBarbara Claus, Ça et là, 1999Barbara Claus, Ça et là, 1999. © Barbara Claus
Artwork integrated into the ceiling that overlooks the main hall staircase. The work also occupies an adjacent wall and a banner beneath the ceiling. Different elements are brought together: supe [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Claus, Barbara
Installation year: 
1999

Poète en bâtiment

Michel Bujol, Poète en bâtiment, 1975. © Marie-Claude LangevinMichel Bujol, Poète en bâtiment, 1975. © Marie-Claude LangevinMichel Bujol, Poète en bâtiment, 1975. © Marie-Claude Langevin
A letter addressed to Jean Drapeau is painted on a brick wall. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Bujold, Michel
Installation year: 
1975

Les mots bleus

Guy Bourassa, Les mots bleus,1995
Two large painted surfaces. Two aluminum shapes: a face outlined in letters and a panel featuring a cutout hand writing a few letters. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Bourassa, Guy
Installation year: 
1995
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