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Monument aux Morts de 1914-18 (1939-45)

War Memorial 1914-18 (1939-45)

Hippolyte-Marius Galy
1922

Montluçon / Monument aux Morts de 1914-18 (1939-45)

Description

Sculpture representing a grieving mother offering a bare breast to her lost child, whose helmet is laid, discreet and vain, on a laurel branch. She holds in one hand a flower wreath. On the pedestal the coat of arms of Montluçon.

Inscription(s)

A SES ENFANTS
victimes de la grande guerre
LA VILLE DE MONTLUÇON
reconnaissant et douloureuse

1914-1918
1939-1945

monument elevé
par
souscription publique
inauguré
le 11 novembre 1922

Signed: H. Galy 1922

Annotation

This figure is a variant of the more academic monument Guingamp by the same sculptor.

Sculptor

Hippolyte-Marius Galy (Algiers 1847 - 1929), French sculptor.

Sources & Information

Petit Patrimoine, Montluçonnais résistants à Montluçon.
Alain Choubart, Les Monuments aux Morts sculptés de la Premièr Guerre Mondiale en France.

Locatie (N 46°20'20" - E 2°35'58") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frau008; Photograph: 9 September 2011
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