Alfred Laliberté was a French-Canadian sculptor and painter based in Montreal. His output includes more than 900 sculptures in bronze, marble, wood, and plaster. Many of his sculptures depict national figures and events in Canada and France such as Louis Hébert, François-Xavier-Antoine Labelle, Adam Dollard des Ormeaux, and the Lower Canada Rebellion. Although he produced hundreds of paintings as well, he is chiefly remembered for his work as a sculptor.
Alfred Laliberté, circa 1920
Alfred Laliberté's sculpture at Wilfrid Laurier's grave in Ottawa, Ontario's Notre-Dame Cemetery (Ottawa)
Alfred Laliberté's Jacques Marquette sculpture in front of Parliament Building (Quebec)
Alfred Laliberté's Pierre Boucher sculpture in front of Parliament Building (Quebec)
Sir Henri Charles Wilfrid Laurier, was a Canadian lawyer, statesman, and politician who served as the seventh prime minister of Canada from 1896 to 1911. The first French Canadian prime minister, his 15-year tenure remains the longest uninterrupted term of office among Canadian prime ministers and his nearly 45 years of service in the House of Commons is a record for the House. Laurier is best known for his compromises between English and French Canada.
Laurier in 1906
Bedroom at Sir Wilfrid Laurier National Historic Site, Saint-Lin-Laurentides, Quebec
Laurier in 1874
Opposition Leader Laurier, 1890