Georges Robin (1904–1928), also known as Jorj Robin, was a sculptor and designer from

Nantes Nantes (, , ; Gallo: or ; ) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 314,138 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabita ...

. Robin was a member of the

Breton nationalist Breton nationalism (Breton: ''roadelouriezh Brezhoneg'', French: ''nationalisme Breton'') is a form of regional nationalism associated with the region of Brittany in France. The political aspirations of Breton nationalists include the desire ...

art movement

Seiz Breur Seiz Breur was an artistic movement founded in 1923 in Brittany. Although it adopted the symbolic name ''seiz breur'', meaning ''seven brothers'' in the Breton language, this did not refer to the number of members, but to the title of a folk-story. ...

, working at the magazine ''Kornog'', founded by the movement's leader

René-Yves Creston René-Yves Creston (25 October 1898 – 30 May 1964), born René Pierre Joseph Creston, was a Breton artist, designer and ethnographer who founded the Breton nationalist art movement Seiz Breur. During World War II he was active in the French Resi ...

. He created sculptures and embroidery designs for the workshop ''Nadoziou'' (needles) based in Nantes. With other members of Seiz Breur he took part in the founding of the Nantes Celtic Circle, lending his design studio for its classes in the Breton language. He also created a project for a Breton language choir.René-Yves Creston, Paul Ladmirault - ''Jorj Robin skulter vrezon, e vuhez, e ober. Jorj Robin sculpteur breton, sa vie, son œuvre'', Unvaniez ar Seiz-Breur, Plaquette commémorative éditée pour Keltia "''Cahiers Interceltiques d'Art et de Littérature''" en 1931. After his early death at the age of 24, he was commemorated in a special edition of the journal ''

Keltia ''The Keltiad'' is a body of epic fantasy works written by Patricia Kennealy-Morrison. There are eight novels in the series and one collection of short stories. The books are set in a star system far from our own, where various Celtic peoples e ...

'', written by Creston and

Paul Ladmirault Paul Émile Ladmirault (8 December 1877 – 30 October 1944) was a French language, French composer and Music criticism, music critic whose music expressed his devotion to Brittany. Claude Debussy wrote that his work possessed a "fine dreamy musi ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Robin, Georges 1904 births 1928 deaths Breton nationalists Breton artists French illustrators French mixed-media artists French decorative artists 20th-century French sculptors French male sculptors