Golden Boy (Manitoba)
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Georges Gardet
Georges Gardet (October 11, 1863 – 6 February 1939) was a French sculptor and animalier. Biography The son of a sculptor, Gardet attended the École des Beaux-Arts in the ''atelier'' of Aimé Millet and Emmanuel Fremiet (another noted animalier). Gardet's wife Madeleine was the sister of painter and decorator Jean Francis Auburtin, who collaborated with Gardet on work for the Parisian Exposition Universelle (1900). Gardet was made an Officer of the Legion of Honor in 1900, and was a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts, and the Society of French Artists. Work * bronze ''Drama of the Desert'', Parc Montsouris, Paris, 1891 * two animal groups (tiger attacking buffalo, leopard catching a turtle) flanking the entrance to the Musée des Sciences of Laval, France, 1892 * lion groups at the Pont Alexandre III, Paris, circa 1900 * lions at the Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris * six bronze crocodiles (or "sea monsters") surrounding the base of monument ''The Triumph of Republ ...
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