Hortense Clémentine Tanvet (19 November 1880 - 13 February 1981) was a French sculptor. She produced several monuments and war memorials.

Biography

Hortense Clémentine Tanvet was born in Mésanger on 19 November 1880 and died in

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on 13 February 1981. In 1901 she enrolled at the Nantes École des Beaux-Arts and later continued her studies in Paris. Tanvet's recorded works are:

Monument to Léon Séché

This monument is located in

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on the boulevard Léon-Séché and dates to 1925. In 1922 Charles Le Goffic headed a committee to organise a monument in Ancenis to honour Léon Séché and Hortense Tanvet was commissioned to execute the sculptural content. The work was in bronze and in 1942, during the German occupation, it was requisitioned and melted down so that the metal could be re-used. In 1957 the sculpture was renewed and placed in its present location. The inscription reads

Monument to Caroline Angebert

This monument is located in Dunkerque and involves a bronze medallion and bust by Tanvet. The casting was by the Paris foundry Montagutelli Frères and the inauguration took place on 28 October 1913. The bust is of Angebert, a great friend of

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who is depicted on the medallion.

Guidel War Memorial

This 1921 memorial in Guidel has a relief sculpture by Tanvet depicting a wounded soldier lying on the ground and looking up towards an angel.

Plouescat War Memorial

This memorial stands in Plouescat's cemetery attached to the wall of the chapel. It was erected in 1922. Three types of stone were used, each having different colours: the grey granite of

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, the rose granite of Aber-Ildut and the black stone from Kersanton. The names of 120 men of Plouescat who gave their lives in the 1914-1918 war are listed, as well as 78 killed in the 1939-1945 war. A

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poem is inscribed on the monument:

References

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