Roseline Granet (born 1936) is a French sculptor and painter. Granet studied at the

Art Students League of New York The Art Students League of New York is an art school at 215 West 57th Street in Manhattan, New York City, New York. The League has historically been known for its broad appeal to both amateurs and professional artists. Although artists may stu ...

in 1954.

Public art

In 1987 Granet was commissioned by the city of Paris to produce a statue of the French philosopher

Jean Paul Sartre Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (, ; ; 21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism (and phenomenology), a French playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and litera ...

, which was placed permanently in the courtyard of the

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in Paris. In 2005, she created a bust of the poet

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, now permanently installed in the

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, Montréal. Her bronze sculpture of Quebec painter Jean Paul Riopelle, titled ''Le Grand Jean-Paul'', is installed in Place Jean-Paul Riopelle in Montreal.

Collections

Her work is included in the collection of the

Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec ( en, National Museum of Fine Arts of Quebec), abbreviated as MNBAQ, is an art museum in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The museum is situated in Battlefield Park and is a complex consisting of four bui ...

, the City of Montreal public art collection and the Mauermuseum, Berlin.

References

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