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Louis-Philippe Hébert
Dollard des Ormeaux
1916
Category:
The depiction of important Canadians was a theme that dominated Hébert’s work. Drawing from Louis Fréchette’s poem “La Légende d’un peuple” (1887), the artist portrays Adam Dollard des Ormeaux (1635–1660) in the midst of the Battle of Long Sault (1660) against the Iroquois. Dollard des Ormeaux was a relatively forgotten historical figure until the Quebec clergy reinstated him as a French-Canadian nationalist hero in the 1920s.
Artist
Title
Dollard des Ormeaux
Date
1916
Medium
Sculpture
Materials
bronzeDimensions
92.1 x 44.8 x 37 cm
Nationality
Canadian
Credit line
Purchased 1987
Accession number
29699
