Lot n° 187
Estimation :
200 - 300
EUR
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Result
: 580EUR
Georges SALENDRE (1890-1985). - Lot 187
Georges SALENDRE (1890-1985).
Head of a young woman with a bun.
Stone.
Signed on the back of the neck.
Direct cut.
H. 28 cm.
(Scratches)
Wooden base.
Georges SALENDRE was born on March 1, 1890 in Romanèche-la-Montagne, Ain.
Studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Lyon, where he was awarded 1st prize in Sculpture and the Gold Medal. Croix de guerre (1914-1918)
Founding member of the Salon du Sud-Est in Lyon in 1925. Meets Suzanne Valadon and Maurice Utrillo.
His friend, the architect Tony Garnier, introduces him to Édouard Herriot, mayor of Lyon, and asks him to sculpt a monumental Christ for the mortuary chapel.
This was Georges Salendre's first monumental sculpture.
Invited to the 1937 International Sculpture Exhibition in Paris, he was awarded the Grand Prix de Sculpture and made a Chevalier de la Légion d'Orléans.
Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur for the French Ministry of Education.
Main monuments :
Christ monumental, Hôpital Édouard-Herriot, Lyon.
Le veilleur de pierre, Place Bellecour, Lyon.
The Liberation, Place de la Libération, Villeurbanne.
University resistance, place Ollier, Lyon.
The Rhône, avenue Thorez, Givors.
Jean Moulin monument, Caluire.
Le fusillé, war memorial, place Stalingrad, Saint-Étienne.
The sportsman, Parc de la Tête d'Or, Lyon.
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