Charles Marie Louis Joseph Sarrabezolles
Charles Marie Louis Joseph Sarrabezolles (27 December 1888 – 11 February 1971), also known as Carlo Sarrabezolles (or Charles or Charles-Marie), was a French sculptor.
Life
Sarrabezolles was born in
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His best-known work is probably The Soul of France, which he executed in three different materials: the first in plaster in 1921, the second in stone in 1922, and the last in bronze in 1930. In 1926 the sculptor developed a method of direct carving in setting concrete, and much of his subsequent work was integrated with architecture, particularly in collaboration with architect Paul Tournon, and in monumental scale.
Sarrabezolles was a member or president of artistic associations including Art Monumental, the Salon des Artistes Français, and the Foundation Taylor.
Selected works
- 1920–1922 – first monumental work, The Soul of France, winning National Prize and silver medal at the Salon
- 1925 – The Triumphal Dance of Pallas Athena and The Virgin of Peace exhibited at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes
- 1926 – tower, Villemomble Church (Seine-St-Denis). Invention of direct carving in setting concrete
- 1928–1929 – façade and bell tower, Elisabethville Church (Yvelines), with architect Paul Tournon
- 1928–1933 – bronze finial group Liberté - Égalité - Fraternité for the French Embassy, Belgrade, Serbia, for architect Roger-Henri Expert
- 1929 – Two Legendary Giants depicting the legendary Lydéric and Phinaert, bell tower, Lille (Nord) town hall. Also executed in direct carving of setting concrete.
- 1930 – monumental fountain, Nemours Mansion and Gardens, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
- 1930 – Marcella Miller du Pont, portrait bust in marble, University of Denver, Colorado, USA
- 1931 – war memorial for the Richelieu – Drouot (Paris Metro)
- 1931 – architectural bas-relief La gloire de la Seine, near Pont Neuf, Paris
- 1931 – Four human races in concrete, belltower, Notre-Dame-des-Missions-du-cygne d'Enghien, with architect Paul Tournon
- 1932 – bust of Edouard Branly, Jardin du Luxembourg
- 1932 – Genie de la Mer (Spirit of the Sea), ocean liner SS Normandie, for French architect Roger-Henri Expert
- 1934–1935 – decorations, Église du Saint-Esprit(Paris, 12th arrondissement) and church of St-Louis, Marseille. Direct carving in concrete
- 1937 – exhibited The Elements, north wing of the Exposition Internationale
- 1950 – Monument to the Glory of the Resistance of the people of the Jura Mountains, Jura)
- 1951 – Faculty of Medicine (Paris): three medallion reliefs. From this time onwards, he made many busts, portraits for medals, decorative schemes for school buildings etc.
- 1963 – La Antillaise (The West Indian Woman), Fort de France, Martinique
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Gallery
References
- Carlo Sarrabezolles: sculpteur et statuaire 1888-1971, by Genevieve Sarrabezolles-Appert and Marie-Odile Lefevre, Paris: Somogy, 2002. ISBN 2-85056-646-2.
- Biography
External links
- Charles Marie Louis Joseph Sarrabezolles in American public collections, on the French Sculpture Census website