Georges Salendre (1890 -1985) - Lot 294

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Georges Salendre (1890 -1985) - Lot 294
Georges Salendre (1890 -1985) Naked woman kneeling, arms crossed Sculpture in Burgundy stone Signed " G. Salendre " on the left side H. 67 cm S&C Provenance : Private collection from Lyon Related literature: -Georges Salendre, Georges Salendre sculpteur, preface by Marius Mermillon, Éditions l'Hermès, February 1981 ; -Christian Sozzi (ed.), L'art public dans le Grand Lyon, de l'après-guerre à nos jours, rapporté à l'histoire urbaine: périodisation, commandes, perspectives (Lyon: Agence d'urbanisme pour le développement de l'agglomération Lyonnaise, 2011-2012 This kneeling woman with sensual curves and a powerful and massive silhouette, carved directly in a block of Burgundy stone, is characteristic of the work of the artist Georges Salendre. The works of this sculptor still magnify today many of the squares of Lyon. The apprentice stonemason born in Romanèche la Montagne entered the School of Fine Arts in Lyon where he won the first prize in sculpture in 1913. He became friends with local artists, including the architect Tony Garnier. A friend of Suzanne Valadon and Maurice Utrillo, he was one of the founders of the Salon Sud-Est in Lyon. Wounded in the Great War and a member of the Resistance during the Second World War, he was an artist whose political commitment was evident in his public commissions, such as the monument to the dead "Le Veilleur de Pierre" located on Place Bellecour in Lyon. He also created portraits and allegorical female nudes such as "La Pensée enchainée" (destroyed) and "Le Chant des Canuts", a tribute to the deceased artists. When he was awarded the Grand Prix International de Sculpture in Paris in 1937, the critics considered him to be the second most important sculptor in the history of the Rhone city, along with Joseph Chinard (1756-1813): "Between the Rhone and the Saône they say: Chinard Salendre. Two names in Lyon's sculpture. Two moments also of the French Sculpture" (Chronicle "Le marchand de Couleur", in the newspaper Le Soir, April 20, 1937, p.8/10
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