Monument to Alexis Piron: Monument surrounded by Art Nouveau grillwork

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posted on 2017-06-30, 00:00 authored by G. Massiot & cie

Piron was a French sculptor born in Dijon in 1875 and committed suicide in Aix-en-Provence in 1928. Exhibited at the Salons, won the Prix de Rome in 1903 and a second class medal in 1907. Studied with Barrias and Coutan. Produced mainly portraits and figures. The poet and satirist Alexis Piron (1689-1773) was an ancestor, also born in Dijon. The surrounding grille is Art Nouveau style.

History

Alt Title

Piron Fountain

Date Created

1910-01-01

Date Modified

2017-06-30

Spatial Coverage

Dijon, Burgundy, France|Dijon

Temporal Coverage

before or circa 1910

Cultural Context

['Art Nouveau', 'Nineteenth century']

Rights Statement

To view the physical lantern slide, please contact the Architecture Library.

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Keywords

Monuments Sculpture, French Architecture

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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

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