Les Patriotes de 1837-1838, 1966
Fired enamel on steel
Central mural: length 5,5 m × height 4,2 m
Side murals: length 14,2 m × height 1,7 m
Location: Papineau metro station, transept
Ensemble view
Western mural
Central mural
Eastern mural
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After Jean Cartier hired George Juhasz to create the cartoons, Juhasz studied the history of the Patriotes in detail, visited several important sites, and travelled to Ottawa to study the British uniforms of the time.
Once the cartoons were finished, the murals were executed by Jean Cartier in a Swedish studio. The work was a donation of the Société des Artisans coopérative d'Assurance-vie.
The central mural features the heroic figure of Louis-Joseph Papineau, leader of the rebellion that sought to obtain responsible government for Lower Canada and break the power of the elite Château Clique. (The station is actually named not for him, but for his father Louis.)
The mural also represents the people in revolt, a British soldier and a Patriote wearing a ceinture fléchée, and a map of southwestern Quebec showing the location of various monuments to the rebellion, including the nearby Monument des Patriotes.
The side panels on the walls above the platform vault depict a symbolic timeline of the events of the rebellion.
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