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Emmanuel Guérin
Emmanuel Guérin (1884–1967) was a French sculptor. Brief biography Guérin studied at the École des beaux-arts in Rennes alongside Pierre Charles Lenoir, Éloi Emile Robert, Armel Beaufils, Francis Renaud (sculptor), Louis Henri Nicot and Jean Boucher (artist) Main works Below are details of some of Emmanuel Guérin's sculptures. Chartres-de-Bretagne War Memorial Guérin's composition for this war memorial was an imaginative one. A woman, dressed in a typical dress of the Rennes district, kneels in prayer before a grotto like arrangements of rocks, similar to the Lourdes grotto, at the top of which is a statue of the Virgin Mary. The original plaster model of this Guérin sculpture was shown at the 1922 Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. Bédée War Memorial This 1920 memorial depicts a sculpture by Guérin of a woman in Breton dress. Saint-Gilles War Memorial This monument dates to 1921 and Guérin sculpted the figure of a woman in Breton dress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rennes
Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department. In 2017, the urban area had a population of 357,327 inhabitants, and the larger metropolitan area had 739,974 inhabitants.Comparateur de territoire Unité urbaine 2020 de Rennes (35701), Aire d'attraction des villes 2020 de Rennes (013) INSEE The inhabitants of Rennes are called Rennais/Rennaises in French. Rennes's history goes back more than 2,000 years, at a time when it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Charles Lenoir
Pierre Lenoir (23 May 1879, in Paris – 9 September 1953, in Paris) was a French sculptor. Biography Pierre Lenoir was a French sculptor and medallist and was one of the Breton sculptors born in the 1880s who studied together at the École régionale des Beaux-Arts in Rennes; Jean Boucher, Louis-Henri Nicot, Armel-Beaufils, Paul Le Goff, Eloi Robert, Albert Bourget and Francis Renaud. He was the son of the sculptor Charles Joseph Lenoir. He married the painter Mathilde Berthe Thorel who also used the name Mathilde Lenoir. He studied at the École des beaux-arts de Rennes and the École des beaux-arts de Paris. He became the director of the École des beaux-arts de Rennes and in 1931 he was made a Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur. He died on 9 September 1953 and is buried in the Thorel family grave in the Père-Lachaise cemetery. A plaque marks his residence between 1914 and 1953 at 12 rue d'Auteuil in Paris. Main works Lenoir's main works were:- War memorials Britt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armel Beaufils
Émile Jean Armel-Beaufils was a French sculptor born in Rennes in 1882 and who died in Saint-Briac in 1952. Biography Émile Jean Armel-Beaufils started his schooling in Fougères then at a lycée in Rennes. He studied law and then literature but attended evening classes at the Rennes Ếcole des Beaux-Arts. He then attended the Rennes Ếcole des Beaux-Arts on a full-time basis from 1902 to 1905 moving then to the Ếcole nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris where he studied under Luc-Olivier Merson, Antonin Mercié and Jules Jacques Labatut. On leaving art school he began to exhibit his work at the Salon des artistes français and in 1914 won their bronze medal. He was to be awarded a silver medal in 1921 and continued to exhibit every year until 1951. He was served with mobilization papers when war broke out in 1914, but then released on health grounds. Between 1917 and 1920 he worked on several war memorials in the Brittany region and also worked on several commem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Renaud (sculptor)
Francis Renaud (1887–1973), was a Breton sculptor mainly noted for his monumental granite public memorials in Brittany. Born in Saint-Brieuc, Côtes d'Armor, Brittany, Renaud was associated with the revival of Breton nationalist ideals in art in the early 20th century. His earlier works are in a style close to Art Nouveau, influenced by the work of his tutor Jean Boucher. He later moved towards more simplified and stylised forms influenced by Breton traditions, joining the nationalist art movement Seiz Breur. Retaining a studio in Paris, he also lived for part of the year in his native Brittany, where he used local Kersanton granite for his most notable works, especially the ''Pleureuse de Tréguier'' (1922), the town of Tréguier's memorial to the dead of World War I. It depicts a local woman, Marie-Louise Le Put, who had lost her husband in the war and had also lost their three young children. She is shown seated, wrapped in a mourning gown. The memorial is notable for it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Henri Nicot
Louis Henri Nicot (12 February 1878 – 12 July 1944) was a French sculptor. Biography Louis-Henri Nicot was born in Rennes on 12 February 1878. His father was a builder. He attended the Rennes École des Murs and in 1886 was enrolled at the Lycée de Rennes, He then joined the École des Beaux-Arts in Rennes and was there for three years. His schooling was interrupted in 1899 when he was called up for military service and joined the 41st Infantry regiment as a "soldat de 2e classe". However being stationed at the Rennes' St Georges barracks meant that he could continue to call in at the École des Beaux-Arts. In November 1902 his term of service over, he was put on the reserve list. He left the army with the rank of sergeant. He now applied to join the Ếcole nationale des Beaux-arts in Paris. His time at the Rennes art school had been a great success and he had studied alongside such Breton sculptors as Pierre Lenoir, Éloi Emile Robert, Émile Jean Armel Beaufils, Emmanuel Guà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Boucher (artist)
Jean Boucher (20 November 1870 – 17 June 1939) was a French sculptor based in Brittany. He is best known for his public memorial sculptures which communicated his liberal politics and patriotic dedication to France and Brittany. Biography Early years Boucher was born in Cesson-Sévigné near Rennes, Brittany. After his early schooling Boucher learned the trade of a blacksmith, but very soon he was attracted by the arts of drawing and sculpture. Pierre Lenoir, professor at the regional school of Rennes, taught the rudiments of fine art to him, and soon realised his young pupil's aptitude. In the 1890s he worked on restorations for the cathedral of Saint Samson in Dol-de-Bretagne, which he later described as his true school. He obtained a government grant to continue his studies in Paris where he met his mentors Alexandre Falguière at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, and Henri-Michel-Antoine Chapu of the Académie Julian. Both gave him a respect for truth in sculpture, a product of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chartres-de-Bretagne
* Emmanuel Guérin Sculptor Chartres-de-Bretagne war memorial
Chartres-de-Bretagne (; , Gallo: ''Chartr'') is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department of Brittany in northwestern France. Inhabitants of Chartres-de-Bretagne are called ''Chartrains'' in French. Population See also *Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department The following is a list of the 333 Communes of France, communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020): References External links Official website * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chartres-de-Bretagne - église
Chartres-de-Bretagne (; , Gallo: ''Chartr'') is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department of Brittany in northwestern France. Inhabitants of Chartres-de-Bretagne are called ''Chartrains'' in French. Population See also * Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department *Emmanuel Guérin Emmanuel Guérin (1884–1967) was a French sculptor. Brief biography Guérin studied at the École des beaux-arts in Rennes alongside Pierre Charles Lenoir, Éloi Emile Robert, Armel Beaufils, Francis Renaud (sculptor), Louis Henri Nicot and J ... Sculptor Chartres-de-Bretagne war memorial References External links Official website * Mayors of Ille-et-Vilaine Association Communes of Ille-et-Vilaine {{IlleVilaine-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bédée
Bédée (; br, Bezeg; Gallo: ''Bedésc'') is a commune in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine in Brittany. It is located in the North West of France and is labeled as a village étape since 2009. Etymology The name of Bédée would come from the Gaulish "Bedo" (= pit) or "betu" (= birch) and the suffix -iscum. The transcription of the name has changed: Bedesc in 1120, Bidisco in 1122 Bedensi in 1152, Bédec in 1187 and Bédiscum in 1330. It is from the 15th century that the name of Bédée appeared in its actual writing. It can be mentioned that there is a character named Bède the venerable, a monk living in England during the 8th century. This rare name looks curiously like Bédée. Some Anglo-Saxon monks colonised Brittany in a distant past and left their name: Saint Méen, Saint Malo, etc. Searches in that direction could enable to consolidate this hypothesis. Geography Bédée is a town located in Montfort-sur-Meu county. It is at 20 km in the North West of Rennes and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bédée (35) Monument Aux Morts
Bédée (; br, Bezeg; Gallo: ''Bedésc'') is a commune in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine in Brittany. It is located in the northwest of France and is labeled as a village étape since 2009. Etymology The name of Bédée may come from the Gaulish "Bedo" (= pit) or "betu" (= birch) and the suffix -iscum. The transcription of the name has changed: Bedesc in 1120, Bidisco in 1122 Bedensi in 1152, Bédec in 1187 and Bédiscum in 1330. It is from the 15th century that the name of Bédée appeared in its actual writing. It can be mentioned that there is a character named Bède the Venerable, a monk living in England during the 8th century. This rare name looks curiously like Bédée. Some Anglo-Saxon monks colonised Brittany in a distant past and left their name: Saint Méen, Saint Malo, etc. Searches in that direction could enable to consolidate this hypothesis. Geography Bédée is a town located in Montfort-sur-Meu county. It is at 20 km to the northwest of Rennes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Gilles, Ille-et-Vilaine
Saint-Gilles (; ; Gallo: ''Saent-Jill'') is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. Population Inhabitants of Saint-Gilles are called ''saint-gillois'' in French. See also *Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department The following is a list of the 333 communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Emmanuel Guérin Sculptor of Saint-Gilles, Ille-et-Vilaine war memorial References External links Official website * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breteil
Breteil (; br, Brezhiel) is a Communes of France, commune in the Departments of France, department of Ille-et-Vilaine in Brittany (administrative region), Brittany. It is located in northwestern France. Geography The river Meu forms the commune's southwestern border. Breteil is part of the canton of Montfort-sur-Meu and the arrondissement of Rennes. The town has 3502 inhabitants and covers 1470 hectares. It is surrounded by the towns of Montfort-sur-Meu, Bédée, La Nouaye, Iffendic, Pleumeleuc, Talensac, Saint-Gonlay. Population Inhabitants of Breteil are known as ''Breteillais'' in French. History In 1120, Raoul de Montfort included the castle of Breteil in the dowry of his daughter for her wedding to the earl of La Riolaye. The parish of Breteil was created from the division of the former parish of Pleumeleuc in 1122. In this year, the bishop of Aleth consecrated the church of Breteil to Order of Saint Benedict, Benedictine monks of Saint-Melaine de Rennes. In 1152, the Lor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
