Born in Hungary, Paul Lancz attended the Hungarian University of Fine Arts in Budapest before moving to Montreal in 1956. He was best known for creating bronze busts of influential figures, and many of these pieces have turned Montreal into an open-air history book: they include Quebec Premier Daniel Johnson (senior) at UQÀM’s Hubert-Aquin Pavilion; Premier René Lévesque at the headquarters of Hydro-Québec; Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau in Pierre Elliot Trudeau Park (Côte Saint-Luc borough); Cardinal Paul-Émile Léger in Paul-Émile Léger Park, at the intersection of René-Lévesque and Saint-Lawrence Boulevard; and American President John F. Kennedy. Kennedy’s sculpture, initially located in Harvard University’s Kennedy School Library, can now be found at the corner of President-Kennedy and McGill College Avenue.
LANCZ, Paul (1919-2005)
Paul Lancz, Buste du cardinal Paul-Émile Léger, 2007. Bronze. 43 cm (H). Place du Cardinal-Paul-Émile-Léger. Montréal. Photo : Alexandre Nunes.