art, she became acquainted with Dom Bello, the architect of Saint Benedict Abbey in Saint-Benoit-du-Lac, Québec. She put aside her pursuit of modernist art and delved into scared art. Dom Bellot was in charge of Saint Joseph's Oratory and she worked with his guidance there and in collaboration with Henri Charlier. Her transition into sacred art was marked by the production of approximately thirty wooden statues to which she added colour accents and experimented with different materials such as aluminum and leather. She participated in over twenty exhibits and collectives, although much of her work was not displayed in art galleries. Daoust was one of the original founding members of Le Retable d’Art Sacre, an organization that advocated and promoted the standards of religious art within the Roman Catholic churches in Québec. She continued to sculpt into her 90s, and her last works were for the chapel of the Holy Cross Fathers in Montreal. Collections and awards Daoust's works are in the collection of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, and the National Gallery of Canada, among others. Her public sculptures include the bronze of Nicolas Viel adorning the façade of the Quebec Legislature (National Assembly), Mary Queen of the World at Montreal's Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral and a statue of Édouard Montpetit at the Université de Montréal. In 1942, she won the first prize for Our Lady of Montreal, in the competition held on the occasion of the Third Centenary of the Founding Nationale de St. Jean Baptiste. In 1951, she was named to the Royal Canadian Academy of Art and in 1961 she was awarded the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada's Allied Arts Award. In 1975, Daoust won the Philippe Hébert Prize by the St. Jean Baptiste Society. In 1976, she was made a member of the Order of Canada and honoured in 1987 as a chevalier of the Ordre national du Québec. Honours Allied Arts Medal, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, 1961. Royal Society of Canada Order of Canada, 1976 Ordre national du Québec Royal Canadian Academy of Arts References Bibliography External links Images and galleries Sculpture: Marie Queen of the World. Information Eulogy from Le Devoir. Biography from the Eleanor Milne album on the governmental Canada's digital collections website. Biography and criticism from the Canadian Sculpture: Coming of Age project. Ordre National du Québec citation 1902 births 2004 deaths Canadian centenarians Sculptors from