ART in the Métro: The Stained Glass of McGill Station
Location: De Maisonneuve Boulevard at University Street Montreal, Quebec H3A 2A4 ( Underground )
McGill Subway Architects: Crevier, Lemieux, Mercier and Caron
🚇 McGill Metro • Subway
Coordinates 45°30′14″N 73°34′18″W
Getting off the train at the McGill station provides commuters with a view of five magnificent stained glass pieces about the history of Montréal.
Created by Nicolas Sollogoub, ‘La vie à Montréal’ au XIXe siècle seems to have always been a presence in the station. In reality, it only appeared in 1974, eight years after the métro opened. It was absent from the station for three and a half years, from December 2012, until June 2016.
The images of Montreal’s first two mayors, Jacques Viger and Peter McGill, in stained glass. The image of Peter McGill is sometimes mistakenly believed to be James McGill, the founder of the nearby university.
The most prominent is Nicolas Sollogoub’s Montreal Scenes Circa 1830, depicting the industrial era in the city as well as its early mayors and civic arms. This set of five stained-glass murals was donated by Macdonald Tobacco, and installed in 1974.
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Reference:
• Art Public Montreal:; ‘Art in the Metro• The Stained Glass of McGill Station’, Nov.1, 2016
• S.T.M. • Société de Transport Montreal / histoire
https://www.stm.info/fr/a-propos/decouvrez-la-STM-et-son-histoire/histoire
• McGill Metro:; ‘McGill Station’, Wikepedia.org
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGill_station
