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Place Jean Roggeman

Jean Roggeman

Juslenville-Theux 1872 - Dison 1928
alderman of Dison, founder of the newspaper Le Travail, "Father of the Verviers unionism"
(Connaître la Wallonie)

Joseph Gérard
2015 (copy?)

Description

Bust of Jean Roggeman with the newspaper Le Travail in his hand.
On the back of the bust a cleaning instruction written:

Nettoyer ce marbre
avec du salle blanc lavé
de l'eau claire
un pinceau doux - rincer -

The bust is placed in 2015 at the reconstruction of the square. It looks as if it is a cast of an original marble bust (see the cleaning instruction on the back).

Inscription(s)

Jean ROGGEMAN (1872 - 1928)

Ancien Echevin de Dison
Fondateur du journal «Le Travail»
Père du syndicalisme vervietois et de la première
Convention Collective de Travail de Belgique en 1906

Signature

J. Gérard

Sculptor

Joseph Gérard (Dison 1873 - 1946), Belgian sculptor from Dison.

Locatie (N 50°36'11" - E 5°51'19") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: belg060; Photograph: 11 April 2017
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