page_title: Jean Dumontier
section_title: Biography
hierarchical_section_title: Jean Dumontier / Biography
caption_attribution_description: English: Concrete wall (1967) from Jean Dumontier.
context_page_description: Jean Dumontier was a Canadian-Quebecois architect and artist. He is best known for having designined the Montreal Metro stations Jean-Drapeau and Longueuil-Université-de-Sherbrooke, the flagship stations of the Expo 67. He was also the first architect of the subway to have himself created the works of art for the stations of his own design, those being the four concrete walls of the dock of the station Jean-Drapeau.
context_section_description: Born in Rigaud in 1935, Jean Dumontier was hired by the city of Montreal in the 1960s, joining in 1962 the team of architects who developed the Montreal Metro. He was entrusted with the design of the Expo 67 flagship stations, Île-Sainte-Hélène and Longueuil (today Jean-Drapeau and Longueuil-Université-de-Sherbrooke). He also created the murals of the Jean-Drapeau station, representing the Titan Atlas and recalling the theme of Expo 67, "Man and His World" (Terre des Hommes).
  In 1967, at the age of 32, he became head of the metro design office and hired young architects of his generation. In the 1970s, he was appointed Superintendent of the Architecture Division at the Metropolitan Transportation Bureau (BTM), then became its director, overseeing the extension of the network in the 1970s and 1980s.
  Throughout his career, he promoted the integration of works of art into the architecture of all stations, which makes the Montreal metro unique in the world. Several noted artists, such as Jean-Paul Mousseau, Michel de Broin, Marcelle Ferron, Charles Daudelin or Frédéric Bach, are represented by significant works in the Montreal underground.
  Many cities around the world approached Dumontier to build, extend or modernize their transit system. Cities like Mexico City, Boston, New York City, Los Angeles, Washington D.C. and Atlanta have been inspired by the Montreal network in their own drives for redevelopment.
caption: Concrete wall with asymmetrical lines
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