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Jean-Arthur Rimbaud

Charleville 1854 - Marseille 1891
French poet
(Wikipedia)

Paterne Berrichon & Alphonse Colle
1901/1926/1954

Charleville-Mézières / Jean-Arthur Rimbaud

Description

Bronze bust on a column.

Inscription(s)

On the bust:

ARTHUR RIMBAUD

Signed: paterne berrichon / 1901
reconstitue en 1926 - 1954 / a.c. sc. / c.d. sc.

On the column:

BATEAU IVRE

A
Jean Arthur
Rimbaud
– 1854-1891 –

ses admirateurs
l'etat
la ville de charleville

SAISON en ENFER

VOYELLES

Explorations
en
Afrique

ILLUMINATIONS

Annotation

Paterne Berrichon was Rimbaud's brother-in-law and publisher. The present bust is the third:

1901, the original , was taken c. 1917 by the Germans in the First World War.
1923, new bust sculpted by Alphonse Colle unveiled, initiative of the Société des écrivains ardennais. This bust was taken in 1942 during the Second World War.
1954, the present bust, made by Dumont.

Sculptors

Paterne Berrichon, (pseudonym of Pierre-Eugène Dufour) (Issoudun (Indre) 1855 - La Rochefoucauld (Charente) 1922), French poet, painter and designer (Wikipedia).
Alphonse Colle (Charleville 1857-Paris 1935), French sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Gérald Dardart, Le square de la gare: Écrin de la Mémoire. Carolo mag. (PDF on-line).

Location (N 49°46'7" - E 4°43'26")

Item Code: frca005; Photograph: 12 June 2011
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