Jean Dumontier, architect and artist of Montreal subway stations, dies
MONTREAL — Jean Dumontier, an architect who helped design Montreal’s subway and adorned its walls with his art, has died in his early 80s.
A spokesperson for the city’s transit agency confirmed the death, which Montreal’s La Presse reported was due to cancer.
“The (agency) learns with much sadness of the departure of a great builder of Montreal’s metro, and underlines the important heritage he leaves to Montrealers and especially the hundreds of thousands of clients who use the network daily,” the Societe de Transport de Montreal said in a statement.
The native of Labelle, Que., in the Laurentians area north of Montreal, designed the plans for the now-renamed Ile-Sainte-Helene and Longueuil subways stations, which were among the flagship stations opened just before the 1967 World Fair.