Charles Daudelin, GOQ RCA (October 1, 1920 – April 2, 2001) was a French Canadian pioneer in modern sculpture and painting.
He worked in a wide variety of media, including painting, metal and ceramic sculpture, jewelry, and marionettes which he made with his wife, Louise.
[10] His last work, Le Passage du 2 avril, is named for the date of his death and installed in front of Kirkland City Hall.
[11] Daudelin's Kirkland home, which had been designated a protected heritage site by Quebec's Ministry of Culture and Communications in 2023, burned down on December 29, 2024.
[12] In 2015, it was announced that Daudelin's public art piece, Agora in Viger Square, which had been meant to mimic the gardens of Greek antiquity, would be replaced with a minimalist park.