Georges Récipon (January 17, 1860 - May 2, 1920), son of the Odiot goldsmith / silversmith Paul Edmond Récipon (1832–1898),Suppl. Larousse Illustré, editions before 1920 was a French painter and sculptorExhibition Document, Musée du Chateau, Dinan, Brittany-France, 3 June - 26 September 1986 whose major work is probably his sculpture at the Grand Palais in Paris, two monumental and exuberant

quadriga A () is a car or chariot drawn by four horses abreast and favoured for chariot racing in Classical Antiquity and the Roman Empire until the Late Middle Ages. The word derives from the Latin contraction of , from ': four, and ': yoke. The four- ...

s on the building's roof. Other work includes: * Equestrian statue of General Lariboisiere,

Fougères Fougères (; br, Felger; Gallo: ''Foujerr'') is a commune and a sub-prefecture of the Ille-et-Vilaine department in the region of Brittany in northwestern France. As of 2017, Fougères had 20,418 inhabitants. The Fougères area comprises appr ...

, France) * ''Nymphs of the Neva'' and ''Nymphs of the Seine'' groups at the

Pont Alexandre III The Pont Alexandre III is a deck arch bridge that spans the Seine in Paris. It connects the Champs-Élysées quarter with those of the Invalides and Eiffel Tower. The bridge is widely regarded as the most ornate, extravagant bridge in the cit ...

, Paris

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* http://odiot.com/en/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Recipon, Georges 1860 births 1920 deaths French architectural sculptors 20th-century French sculptors 19th-century French sculptors French male sculptors 19th-century French male artists