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Silviane Léger (22 May 1935 – 9 February 2012) was a French sculptor. She is known for her monumental figurative and expressive public sculptures.


Biography

Silviane Léger was born on 22 May 1935, in
Lille Lille (, ; ; ; ; ) is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders. Positioned along the Deûle river, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Prefectures in F ...
in Hauts-de-France, France. She studied for one year at École nationale supérieure des arts et industries textiles (ENSAIT) in
Roubaix Roubaix ( , ; ; ; ) is a city in northern France, located in the Lille metropolitan area on the Belgian border. It is a historically mono-industrial Communes of France, commune in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, depar ...
, France; followed by four years of study at in Lille, France. She died on 9 February 2012, in
Tourcoing Tourcoing (; ; ; ) is a city in northern France on the Belgian border. It is designated municipally as a commune within the department of Nord. Located to the north-northeast of Lille, adjacent to Roubaix, Tourcoing is the chef-lieu of two ca ...
, France.


List of works

* ''The Man with the Child'' (; 1981), Square Simons Park,
Faches-Thumesnil Faches-Thumesnil () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is a suburb south of Lille and forms part of the Métropole Européenne de Lille. Population Heraldry Faches Thumesnil is twinned with the market town of St.Ne ...
, France * ''The Paternity'' (; 1983), ,
Villeneuve-d'Ascq Villeneuve-d'Ascq (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department in northern France. With more than 60,000 inhabitants and 50,000 students, it is one of the main cities of the Métro ...
, France * ''The Standing Pieta'' (; 1988),
La Piscine Museum La Piscine (French for "the swimming pool") is a museum of art and industry, located in the city of Roubaix in northern France. It is more formally known as La Piscine-Musée d'Art et d'Industrie André Diligent or Le musée d'Art et d'Industrie ...
, Roubaix, France * ''The Miner'' (; 2011), Town Hall, Auby, France


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* 1935 births 2012 deaths 20th-century French artists 21st-century French artists Artists from Lille French sculptors French women sculptors People from Tourcoing {{France-sculptor-stub