Statues - Hither & Thither

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Fressin
Pas-de-Calais
Nord - Pas-de-Calais

Grande Rue
(Mairie)

Georges Bernanos

Paris 1888 - Neuilly-sur-Seine 1948
French writer, spent much of his childhood in Fressin, which became a frequent setting for his novels
(Wikipedia)

Annick Leroy
2011

Description

Bronze bust on a stone pedestal sculpted as a pile of Bernanos' books.

Fressin - Georges Bernanos

Inscription(s)

Georges
BERNANOS
1888-1948

Sculptor

Annick Leroy (1951), French sculptress from Rennes (Website).

Sources & Information

La Voix du Nord, 12 June 2011, La terre d'enfance de Georges Bernanos a dévoilé son buste hier, devant près de 200 personnes.

Locatie (N 50°26'51" - E 2°3'26") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frnp059; Photograph: 31 July 2015
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