[1] He is known for his monumental sculptures that depict political figures and that are designed to complement particular architectural settings (e.g. museums, promenades, public squares).

[2][3] In 1961, Cardot was awarded the Prix Antoine Bourdelle for sculpture and accepted the post of professor at the School of Fine Arts in Lyon.

In 1967, he sculpted the Dying Bull (Taureau mourant), a statue that he originally executed in clay and later recast in bronze,[4] for a high school in Saint-Étienne.

In 1979, he also produced a sculpture representing a flock of sheep, exhibited in front of the Cattenom nuclear power plant in Moselle.

[3] Large public commissions occupied an essential place in Cardot’s work, much of which focused on monumental effigies of major political figures.