French artist
Roseline Granet | |
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Roseline Granet (1995) | |
Born | (1936-01-28) 28 January 1936 (age 88) Paris |
Nationality | French |
Website | roselinegranet |
Roseline Granet (born 1936) is a French sculptor and painter.
Granet studied at the Art Students League of New York in 1954.
Public art
In 1987 Granet was commissioned by the city of Paris to produce a statue of the French philosopher Jean Paul Sartre, which was placed permanently in the courtyard of the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris.
In 2005, she created a bust of the poet Émile Nelligan, now permanently installed in the Saint-Louis Square, Montréal. Her bronze sculpture of Quebec painter Jean Paul Riopelle, titled Le Grand Jean-Paul, is installed in Place Jean-Paul Riopelle in Montreal.
Collections
Her work is included in the collection of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, the City of Montreal public art collection and the Mauermuseum, Berlin.
References
- "1ère [i.e. Première] triennale européenne de sculpture: jardins du Palais royal, Paris, mai-juin 1978". Susse Fondeur. 16 May 1978 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Roseline Granet".
- Kidd, William; Reynolds, Sian (1 May 2014). Contemporary French Cultural Studies. Routledge. ISBN 9781444165562 – via Google Books.
- Michalski, Sergiusz (16 December 1998). Public Monuments: Art in Political Bondage 1870–1997. Reaktion Books. ISBN 9781861890252 – via Google Books.
- "Bureau d'Art Public – Ville de Montréal". Bureau d'Art Public – Ville de Montréal.
- "Le grand Jean-Paul". Bureau d'Art Public – Ville de Montréal.
- "Granet, Roseline".
- "Collection".