Jean Huard. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Pabos-Mills, Quebec. Active mid 20th century.
Born at Pabos-Mills, in Quebec’ Gaspe Peninsula, Jean Huard was a maker of model ships. He always had a great display along the highway on the Baie-des-Chaleurs at Pabos Mills. He typically made models of the fishing and cargo boats that sailed and worked up and down the St.-Lawrence and Gaspe shores. These model boats are found painted and unpainted; but rarely signed.*
Ref: Un Art Pas Si Bete. Cecile Gelinas, Musee de la Gaspesie, Quebec,1993.
*As many as three generations of the Huard family were known to have made these model boats – from table top sizes to one three and four feet long; complete with fishing and sailing gear.
