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Jardin des Chartreux (1e)

Fontaine Camille Roy

Camille Roy Fountain

born Claude Loron; 1851 - 1922
French poet and singer

Marcel Renard
1924

Description

Stele with a relief portrait of Camille Roy and a frieze with a relief of a choir with five singing heads.

Lyon - Monument à Xavier Privas

Inscription(s)

A CAMILLE ROY

Signature

Marcel RENARD sculpteur
Michel ROUX-SPITZ architecte 1924

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):

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

Sculptor

Marcel Renard (Lyon 1893 - Paris 1974), French sculptor and medal designer (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Liste des œuvres publiques de Lyon.
Patrimoine Rhône-Alpes, Fontaine : monument à Camille Roy.

Locatie (N 45°46'8" - E 4°49'14") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frra183; Photograph: 14 August 2018
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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