Statues - Hither & Thither

 

Description

Stele with on one face a relief portrait of Privas and another person. On the other side is a list of his songbooks. On the stele sit a man and a women with their faces against each other.

Inscription(s)

A XAVIER PRIVAS

chansons hvmai nes chansons ch imeriqves la chan son sentimenta le la chanson des hevres chanson povr l'amante ch ansons des enfan ts dv pevple l'am ovr chante la ch anson de lyon 1863-1925

Signature

Jardin des Chartreux

In the Jardin des Chartreux are several monuments honoring some of Lyon's literary and artistic figures (most of them rather vandalised when we visited the park in August 2018):

• Pierre Dupont
• Xavier Privas
• Pétrus Sambardier
• Camille Roy
• Joseph Serre

  and also:

• Hommage aux sculpteurs et peintres lyonnais disparus / Tribute to the late Lyon sculptors and painters

Info: Patrimoine Rhône-Alpes, Promenade des Chartreux, puis Jardin des Chartreux.

Sculptor

• Georges Salendre (Romanèche-la-Montagne 1890 - Lyon 1985), French sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

• Wikipedia, Liste des œuvres publiques de Lyon.
• Daniel F. Valot, Jeux et Photos de Lyon, Statues.
• Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon, [Monument à Xavier Privas].

Tags

• Town: Lyon
• Département: Rhône
• Région: Rhône-Alpes
• Country: France
• Composer
• Man and woman
• Privas, Xavier
• Salendre, Georges
• Singer
• Writer / poet

Locatie (N 45°46'7" - E 4°49'17") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

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