Georges Clemenceau
Cogné, François-Victor
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Date
1932Description
Overall view from below; Erected along the outside of Georges Clemenceau Place are statues of world leaders involved in the two world wars: Georges Clemenceau, Charles de Gaulle and Winston Churchill. The Clemenceau statue by sculptor François Cogné is located at the intersection of the Petit Palais and the Champs-Elysées. Each year on November 11, the French President lights the flame at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier under the Arc de Triomphe and then lays a wreath at the foot of the Clemenceau statue. Source: Musee Clemenceau [website]; http://www.musee-clemenceau.fr/en/index.html (accessed 5/7/2011)
Type of Work
sculpture (visual work); monumentSubject
human figure, military or war, rulers and leaders, Clemenceau, Georges, 1841-1929, World War, 1914-1918, Twentieth century, Realist
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