Statues - Hither & Thither

 

Description

The garden of the Maison du fleuve Rhône is a sculpture park for Georges Salendre, several works from around the town are relocated to this park. It was inaugurated on 27 April 2017. There are three other monuments by Salendre near the park: Le Rhône in front of the Maison du fleuve Rhône, the bust of Maurice Thorez at the north entrance and the bust of Frédéric Joliot-Curie at the south entrance.

Maternité / Motherhood, 1959 originally: centre hospitalier de Montgelas

La Captive / The Captive, 1954 originally: Quartier des Plaines

La république / The Republic, 1970s originally: Mairie de Givors

Sans titre / Without title, undated

La mère et l'enfant / Mother and child, 1960 originally: Mairie de Givors

L'enfant au raisin / Child with grapes, 1960 originally: Mairie de Givors

Sans titre / Without title, undated

Sculptor

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

Sources & Information

• Ville de Givors, Patrimoine givordin.
• Le Progrès, 22 March 2017, Des œuvres de Georges Salendre au parc de La Maison du fleuve.
• Ville de Givors, Pose de la 1ère pierre maison des âges de la vie et de l'Université Populaire et inauguration statues G.Salendre.

Tags

• Town: Givors
• Département: Rhône
• Région: Rhône-Alpes
• Country: France
• Child with grapes
• Marianne (symbol of France)
• Motherhood
• Salendre, Georges
• Woman with child

Locatie (N 45°35'2" - E 4°46'31") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

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