Raymond Beaudin. Sculptor. Havelock, Quebec. Active mid to late 20th century.
Raymond Beaudin was a maker of sculptures using ‘as found’ materials; especially bottle caps. There is an example of a Road Grader made entirely of bottle caps and wire in the Museum of Canadian History in Ottawa. He is first mentioned in ‘Les Patenteux du Quebec’.
Ref: Les Patenteux du Qubec. Louise de Grosbois, Raymonde Lamothe and Lise Nantel, Les Editions Parti Pris, Montreal, 1978.
Ref: Adrien Levasseur. Website. And: Sculpteurs en Art Populaire au Quebec, Editions GID, Quebec. 2012.