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Ottignies-Louvain-La-Neuve

Artwork "Seated Woman" - George Grard

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Ottignies-Louvain-La-Neuve

Artwork "Seated Woman" - George Grard

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Artwork "Seated Woman" - George Grard

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Location: Ottignies-Louvain-La-Neuve, Nivelles, Walloon Brabant, Wallonie, Wallonia, Belgium

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Katrien

July 9, 2023

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Grard prefers large bronze sculptures with the female nude as subject. He is strongly inspired by classical French sculpture, including Aristide Maillol (1861-1944). Until the mid-fifties he emphasized the full, feminine forms in his seated, reclining and standing figures. This changed in 1958 with the sculpture 'The African', which was exhibited at the 1958 World Expo in Brussels. Here he stylizes a new image: a slender female figure, elongated and less voluminous.
An identical statue of the 'Sitting Woman' can be seen in Sint-Niklaas:
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Willem VS

November 13, 2023

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A monumental version can be found on the right side of the headquarters buildings of the National Bank of Belgium, in Brussels, Belgium. Turning its back on the Saints-Michel-et-Gudule cathedral …

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