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Roseline Granet
Roseline Granet (1995)
Born (1936-01-28) 28 January 1936 (age 88)
Paris[1]
NationalityFrench
Websiteroselinegranet.fr
Émile Nelligan bust BY Roseline Granet, Saint-Louis Suare, Montréal

Roseline Granet (born 1936) is a French sculptor and painter.

Granet studied at the Art Students League of New York in 1954.[2]

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.[3][4]

In 2005, she created a bust of the poet Émile Nelligan, now permanently installed in the Saint-Louis Square, Montréal.[5] Her bronze sculpture of Quebec painter Jean Paul Riopelle, titled Le Grand Jean-Paul, is installed in Place Jean-Paul Riopelle in Montreal.[6]

Collections

Her work is included in the collection of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec,[7] the City of Montreal public art collection[2] and the Mauermuseum, Berlin.[8]

References

  1. ^ "1ère [i.e. Première] triennale européenne de sculpture: jardins du Palais royal, Paris, mai-juin 1978". Susse Fondeur. 16 May 1978 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b "Roseline Granet".
  3. ^ Kidd, William; Reynolds, Sian (1 May 2014). "Contemporary French Cultural Studies". Routledge – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Michalski, Sergiusz (16 December 1998). "Public Monuments: Art in Political Bondage 1870–1997". Reaktion Books – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "Bureau d'Art Public – Ville de Montréal". Bureau d'Art Public – Ville de Montréal.
  6. ^ "Le grand Jean-Paul". Bureau d'Art Public – Ville de Montréal.
  7. ^ "Granet, Roseline".
  8. ^ "Collection".