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Jardin des Chartreux (1e)

Hommage aux sculpteurs et peintres lyonnais disparus

Tribute to the late Lyon sculptors and painters

Georges Salendre
c. 1930

Lyon / Hommage aux sculpteurs et peintres lyonnais disparus

Description

Statue of a crouching nude woman.

Inscription(s)

a la memoire
des peintres
et sculpteurs
lyonnais
disparus

Signature

g. salendre

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

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.

Locatie (N 45°46'7" - E 4°49'14") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frra184; 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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© Website and photos: René & Peter van der Krogt

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